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In a city known for cake, there is little that makes local mouths water more than the towering, historic doberge cake. “It has to be at least six layers,” insists Charlotte McGehee, co-owner of Bakery Bar and Debbie on the Levee, two bakeries in New Orleans, Louisiana, that specialize in the locally famous doberge (DOH-bash) cake. “In my opinion, fewer than six is just a regular ol’ layer cake,” she says. “You miss out on that feeling of your fork working through each alternating texture, and the nervousness you get because you don’t want that beautiful tower of cake to topple before you make it to the bottom.” The dessert’s decadent journey begins with a thin layer of yellow butter cake as the base, topped with an equally thin layer of custard—traditionally chocolate, lemon, or caram…  ( 16 min )

From 1802 to 1945 during the reign of the Nguyễn dynasty, Huế was Vietnam's royal capital. One of the most popular destinations in Vietnam today, it is home to the Imperial City, a UNESCO World Heritage Site since 1993, as well as the Thiên Mụ temple complex and numerous mausoleums of Nguyễn emperors. Almost across the Perfume River from the Thiên Mụ temple, however, there is also an unusual historic site overlooked by most visitors. Walk along the narrow residential alleys of the Trường Đá village and it will soon reveal itself all of a sudden, at the end of the street: the Tiger Arena, a huge enclosure surrounded by 16-foot-tall walls. While it may look like an ancient Roman arena, the site once held mortal combats even more intriguing and perhaps cruel than gladiatorial games. Hổ Qu…  ( 13 min )

A certain point in the Rhine marks the point where three countries meet. While it is hard to get there without a boat, the nearby marker makes up for it.  The tri-border point, or Dreiländereck as it is called in German, marks the point where Germany, France, and Switzerland intersect. The marker itself is built to resemble a futuristic rocket, with one of the three country flags on each of the wings. It is located on a piece of Swiss land approximately 150 meters (495 feet) southeast of the actual point where the three borders intersect. What makes this tri-border point rare compared to most is that there are no passports or visas needed to cross it, or any other border in that location, given that all three countries have a free travel agreement.  ( 12 min )

Every Christmas season, the owner of this house, a harpist for the Pacific Northwest Ballet Orchestra in Seattle, hauls these figures over from a storage facility and carefully installs them in the yard. After a few days, they are ready to entertain local neighbors, offering them the most enchanting, cheerful, and, of course, wild, holiday experience ever created in a garden lawn. These figures were originally designed by none other than Maurice Sendak, the author who is known for his whimsical children's books, such as Where the Wild Things Are. They were used as lobby displays for the Pacific Northwest Ballet's production of The Nutcracker, which was performed from 1983 to 2014, and of which the sets and costumes were designed by Sendak himself. Since 2015, PNB has done George Balanchine's version, with art by another children's author, Ian Falconer. Besides the iconic Sendak sculptures, this display is sure to please you during the holidays. From the enormous 15-foot Nutcracker to the lovely ornaments on the tree, this is a unique holiday experience unlike any other in the Seattle suburbs. If you look closely at the house's roof, you can even see a cutout of the Wild Thing from Sendak's iconic book. And, of course, the house even features the original stage props that were used onstage prior to their retirement. Even though this Nutcracker production no longer performs, its spirit lives on in this magical holiday wild rumpus, preserving a large part of Seattle's own holiday history.  ( 12 min )

When Nazi Germany invaded the Soviet Union in 1941, Hitler had elaborate military bunker complexes built throughout Masuria (then part of Germany, now part of Poland) in order to keep a closer eye on the war effort. While Hitler and his inner circle based themselves at the infamous Wolf's Lair, the Nazis' Supreme Military Command was located at a separate site called "Mauerwald" (now Mamerki) just 20 kilometers to the northeast. The full Mauerwald military complex consisted of nearly 250 separate buildings and bunkers constructed in the forest just west of Mauer Lake (now Mamry Lake), the majority of which remain abandoned and freely accessible in the woods. The heart of the compound, however, is now confined within the Mamerki Bunker Museum, which seeks to preserve the core bunker structures. The museum is complete with underground tunnels and exhibitions on the Nazi war effort, including full-size recreations of daily life in the bunkers and other scenes. Adding to the location's lore, Mauerwald is also one of several locations theorized to be a possible hiding place of the Amber Room. Erich Koch, purportedly the last person to have known the room's fate, was brought to the site in the 1970s as part of the search, and ground-penetrating radar has also been used since 2016 to search for hidden chambers. Although the search has proved fruitless so far, the sheer size of the complex suggests that it may still have additional secrets to reveal.  ( 13 min )

During the Warring States period of Japan (1467-1590), many samurai lost their lords and became rōnin—masterless warriors. Meanwhile, in Thailand, the kingdom of Ayutthaya was in desperate need of military reinforcements as the Toungoo dynasty of Burma continued its invasion. Sharing common interests, the king welcomed hundreds of masterless samurai to his army as mercenaries. At the same time, unrelated to the Burmese-Siamese Wars, many Japanese merchants came to Ayutthaya to export high-quality swords while importing Thai silver, ceramics, and leatherware. It was not long before a Japanese village was formed on the southeast side of the Chao Phraya river, opposite the Portuguese settlement. It is generally believed that the Japanese population in Ayutthaya was around 1,500, while som…  ( 14 min )

Silver was discovered in Ophir Canyon in the 1860s, but early mining efforts were defeated by the very hard rock which was unexpectedly expensive to drill and mill. After the discovery of a new orebody in the Murphy Mine, the only significant producer, a revival followed beginning in 1872 and lasting into the 1880s. However, activity had largely ceased by 1890 and the post office closed in 1893. Ruins of the mill and a brick-and-stone building that was probably the store still can be seen, as well as several roofless stone cabins. The portal of the Murphy Mine itself remains open, although entering it is hazardous. Unfortunately, several years ago the Forest Service razed some of the remaining stone buildings as public hazards. After the turn of the last century, there was only small-scale and intermittent activity on precious metal extraction. In the mid-20th century, however, tungsten deposits were discovered and worked near the canyon mouth. This lasted until the mid-1960s when the tungsten market collapsed due to the removal of the strategic-metal subsidies. Little is left of the tungsten operations. A mill for tungsten to the south of the canyon mouth survived till the early 2010s but has since been torn down. A cemetery from the early days is preserved on the north side of the canyon mouth.  ( 14 min )

This cave, filled partially with water, has grand arching ceilings reminiscent of a cathedral. An opening under the water allows sunlight to come up from below, illuminating the water and revealing the beautiful turquoise color you see throughout the Amalfi Coast. The effect is haunting and lovely. Buy a ticket to Grotto dello Smeraldo in Amalfi, then take a boat from the Amalfi Harbor and disembark at the grotto shore; a guide in a large rowboat will give you a tour of the cave, pointing out interesting rock formations and, at the end, a small nativity scene that has been placed beneath the water by divers. The nativity is lit artificially from above, and looks quite creepy through the green water.  ( 12 min )

As you walk along Avenida de los Castillos in Alcorcón (south of Madrid) you will discover a set of 16 concrete sculptures created by Spanish sculptor Carlos Armiño which are the main decorative element of Parque de los Castillos. The collection is called El refugio de la vida (the shelter of life). Armiño has his work on display in other parts of Alcorcón but it is here in the park that his best pieces can be admired together with the nearby Castillos de Valderas. Armiño spent months working on these pieces which were eventually acquired by the Alcorcón city council and carefully placed in the Parque de los Castillos in 2005. Carlos Armiño began his artistic career as a painter before shifting his focus to sculpture, a task to which he has devoted himself for years. He masters different shapes depending on the materials he works with. Considering that these 16 pieces would have to endure the harshness of both summers and winters in this part of Madrid, he decided to use concrete for the pieces on display at this park in Alcorcón but he has also worked with iron and wood, the latter being his great passion.  ( 13 min )

Show me your street names, and I’ll tell you how gender-imbalanced your society is—or, more likely, was. In Europe, that imbalance is 10 to one: For every 10 streets named after men, there’s only one named after a woman. The most popular person in European street names is a woman, though: the Virgin Mary, in a wide variety of appellations. 146,000 Streets in 17 Countries So says Mapping Diversity, a project that analyzes representation in street names across Europe. Its researchers analyzed close to 146,000 streets in 30 major cities across 17 European countries. More than one-third (nearly 53,000) were named after people, with just under 48,000 named after men, and just under 4,800 after women—less than 10 percent of all streets named after people. (About 0.5 percent were named after …  ( 18 min )

All of the buildings in Novi Beograd's Blok 28 were designed by architect Ilija Arnautović and constructed from 1970 to 1974. Among them are the two parallel apartment buildings known locally as the "TV set building" or "TV building," giving a loose translation. In you next venture to Belgrade's western neighborhood, you will not miss this gem when you are met with what looks like a gigantic beige wall with a sea of little TVs plastered to it. Hilariously, on the creation of the building, Yugoslav president Tito expressed the following to Arnautovic: "I'm glad that you have decided not to build residential buildings higher than ten floors. This is good, because it is not easy for those who have to walk when the elevator breaks down. I am now also looking at those solitaires that have been built. There are very beautiful ones - most of them. There are also a few that, let me tell you, I don't like at all. For example, the ones with windows that look like a television."  Today, the building is an object of debate amongst Belgraders. Some like it, some don't - the latter due to the fact that it looks especially cramped and uncomfortable to live in. Either way, Arnautovic's Blok 28 is home to a lot of unique buildings, with this one considered one of Novi Beograd's major symbols.  ( 13 min )

To mark Pride Month 2023, we hunted through the Atlas Obscura archives for stories that have long been overlooked in mainstream American history: tales of people across the centuries—from as long ago as Colonial Williamsburg—who would now be thought of as part of the LGBTQIA+ community. "Desire is nothing new,” says Michael Bronski, a historian at Harvard University and author of A Queer History of the United States. “There’s no reason to think that everything that happens now in terms of desire and sexual activity didn’t happen back then.” The challenge for historians is finding these long-lost stories—from times when society demanded they be hidden. Excavating a Queer History of Colonial Williamsburg by Sabrina Imbler “I just want to tell the whole story of Colonial Williamsburg,” …  ( 17 min )

DOJ officials said the city has agreed to negotiate toward a consent decree, and recommend 28 “remedial measures" that may serve as a framework for the ensuing agreement.  ( 14 min )

Talon Metals has raised the bar for how we all meet the challenge to ensure responsible mining in the 21st Century.  ( 12 min )

Plus: Abortion remains legal in Iowa; wildfire continues to burn in Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness; suspects arrested in Mall of America kidnapping; and more.  ( 6 min )

A refresher on the city's long journey to a settlement with the Minnesota Department of Human Rights and the federal investigation into its policing practices, likely to result in a consent decree.  ( 31 min )

Yes. Minnesota identification cards present the options "M" for male, "F" for female and "X" for nonbinary.  ( 6 min )

Aurora’s founders envision the team moving up from the USL W League to the professional USL Super League and ultimately the National Women’s Soccer League.  ( 20 min )

The big-ticket items justifiably got a lot of attention, but with all the action happening before the late-May session deadline, it was easy to overlook some smaller changes tucked into the 268-page transportation omnibus bill.  ( 20 min )

Greater Minnesota lawmakers had substantially less influence at the Legislature than perhaps ever before — during a year when the state had a record $17.5 billion surplus. It’s a result of political realignment along geographic lines that accelerated in the Trump era.  ( 27 min )

Plus: Emmer seeks to oust SEC chair, fire forces Finstad from home  ( 16 min )

Four students participated in a graduation ceremony earlier this month, celebrating both their educational achievements and their sobriety.  ( 13 min )

MIT students share ideas, aspirations, and vision for how advances in computing stand to transform society in a competition hosted by the Social and Ethical Responsibilities of Computing.  ( 9 min )

MIT students share ideas, aspirations, and vision for how advances in computing stand to transform society in a competition hosted by the Social and Ethical Responsibilities of Computing.  ( 9 min )

Get ready to go a-wanderin'.  I'll take you down to the rivers and lakes, and we shall lose ourselves in them, get lost from the hurlyburly hustlebustle of the mundane world.  That's what jiānghú 江湖 ("rivers and lakes") is all about.  It's where you go to xiāoyáo yóu 逍遙遊 ("wander freely / carefreely / leisurely"). […]  ( 8 min )

Dimitris Koukoulopolous and I have just uploaded to the arXiv our paper “A note on the mean value of the Hooley delta function“. This paper concerns a (still somewhat poorly understood) basic arithmetic function in multiplicative number theory, namely the Hooley delta function where The function measures the extent to which the divisors of a […]  ( 15 min )

Dimitris Koukoulopolous and I have just uploaded to the arXiv our paper “A note on the mean value of the Hooley delta function“. This paper concerns a (still somewhat poorly understood) basic arithmetic function in multiplicative number theory, namely the Hooley delta function where The function measures the extent to which the divisors of a […]  ( 15 min )

Beryllium is the fourth element in the periodic table, giving it many special properties. But it’s surprisingly rare, because stars almost always make beryllium-8, an extremely unstable form. And it hasn’t been studied as much as other light elements—because beryllium dust is so poisonous! It can cause fatal scarring of the lungs. Now a chemist […]  ( 7 min )

The best misunderstandings are detective stories. You can notice when someone is confused, but digging up why can take some work. If you manage, though, you learn much more than just how to correct the misunderstanding. You learn something about the words you use, and the assumptions you make when using them. Recently, someone was […]  ( 12 min )

Every book on science focuses attention on a little sliver of a vast, complex universe. In Waves in an Impossible Sea, I had intended to write mainly about the Higgs field, and the associated Higgs particle that was discovered in 2012 to great fanfare. I was planning to explain how the Higgs field does its ... Read more  ( 16 min )

Kaiser reads a blog post about how dataviz can go badly.  ( 11 min )

My perception is that in Germany most major political decisions are not on the ballot: migration, nuclear energy, international, alliances, emission reduction policies to name but a few examples. Whereas people in the Americas worry about polarization, I would argue that Germany’s problem is the opposite. Compared to the historical average German politics is too […] The post Does Germany need more polarization? (from the comments) appeared first on Marginal REVOLUTION.         Comments In reply to Mark Bahner. Ross Perot's appearance on Larry ... by JC In reply to Bazza. USA national politics vs NZ national ... by Downunder In reply to Mark Bahner. See Why Everything You Know About ... by Calvin Hobbes In reply to Calvin Hobbes. So maybe it’s just posts linking ... by Calvin Hobbes I’ve been banned here at MR before, and it seems I was banned ... by Calvin Hobbes Plus 10 more...  ( 7 min )

1. Is the south America’s hidden urban laboratory? 2. Beauty and on-line teaching in Sweden. 3. Peter Coy on the case against free parking (NYT). 4. Harvard body parts markets in everything. 5. Did Woke cause cultural decadence?  (Not exactly my view, are areas such as instrumental or “minimal vocal” music seeing a different trend?) The post Friday assorted links appeared first on Marginal REVOLUTION.         Comments In reply to JC. I would expect that most people who say this ... by FG You crazy devil, you. Perhaps a reword could help the down ... by Bazza In reply to Harvey Bungus. We watched “Glass Onion” as a ... by Bazza In reply to Dan S.. Just goes to show the links aren't AI ... by Bazza What's funny about Hanania's list is that two of these ... by Harvey Bungus Plus 10 more...  ( 6 min )

For four decades during the latter half of the 20th century, Poland and its people were the subjects of a grand socio-economic experiment. Under the watchful eye of its Soviet masters, the Polish United Workers’ Party transformed the mixed economy of this nation of 35 million into a centrally planned, socialist state (albeit one with […] The post The Road to Socialism and Back: An Economic History of Poland, 1939–2019 appeared first on Marginal REVOLUTION.         Comments In reply to Lanier. “ From each according to his ability , ... by jmkd In reply to Formerly K. @Anti-Gnostic Certainly the numbers ... by Formerly K In reply to Formerly K. Ukraine has 37.5M Ukrainians (78%), ... by Anti-Gnostic In reply to Formerly K. “In fairness, they were incompetent ... by Phil S. In reply to Lanier. The methods are driven by the goal, which ... by Zarathustra Plus 10 more... Related Stories Game theory and the First World War *The Economic Government of the World, 1933-2023* My Conversation with Noam Chomsky  ( 7 min )

Here is the audio, video, and transcript.  Here is the episode summary: Noam Chomsky joins Tyler to discuss why Noam and Wilhelm von Humboldt have similar views on language and liberty, good and bad evolutionary approaches to language, what he thinks Stephen Wolfram gets wrong about LLMs, whether he’s optimistic about the future, what he […] The post My Conversation with Noam Chomsky appeared first on Marginal REVOLUTION.         Comments In reply to James N. Markels. I had the same feeling. It’s ... by Etalon d’Silomar In reply to ged. Out in the elements, taking a walk in a park by ged What's wrong with Golf? by ged In reply to Anonymous. What original ideas has AI created? ... by Hoosier In reply to zztop. Great chat actually by zztop Plus 10 more... Related Stories What should I ask Ada Palmer? My excellent Conversation with Seth Godin Game theory and the First World War  ( 8 min )

Beryllium is the fourth element in the periodic table, giving it many special properties. But it’s surprisingly rare, because stars almost always make beryllium-8, an extremely unstable form. And it hasn’t been studied as much as other light elements—because beryllium dust is so poisonous! It can cause fatal scarring of the lungs. Now a chemist […]  ( 7 min )

The minds of social species are strikingly resonant

To better understand early pregnancy loss without using actual human embryos, scientists employed stem cells to create models that mimic this stage of development

Magnetic fields help to explain why some stars are spinning more slowly than astronomers thought they should

Young people suing Montana to take action on climate change are ready to wrap up their arguments in a first-of-its-kind trial. The state takes the stand next week

Insects have surprisingly rich inner lives—a revelation that has wide-ranging ethical implications

Satellite monitoring of air quality could help reduce premature death from smoke exposure

When dangerous heat waves hit cities, better risk communication could save lives

Animals have been catching z’s for at least half a billion years. Here’s the first evidence of an animal sleeping

The wildfire smoke that smothered the U.S. Northeast last week has surprising connections to astrophysics—and to the historic search for our place in the cosmos

The James Webb Space Telescope is giving us our first glimpse of stars in the early universe.

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A winning combination of salt cod, thyme, Scotch bonnet pepper, and scallion makes these crisp, savory fritters irresistible.  ( 15 min )

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I am sure I was fooled many times on April Fool’s Days. But I do not remember any stories, except one. It was quite painful and had a lot of potential for humiliation. I was in high school, and our school didn’t have enough rooms for all the classes. So that particular semester, our classes […]  ( 5 min )

Yuling writes, “Bayes is guaranteed to overfit, for any model, any prior, and every data point.” This statement is not literally true: it does not hold for degenerate examples of models with no unknown parameters (for which p(theta|y) is the … Continue reading →  ( 15 min )

Learn how to control your R Shiny development with a collaborative and agile deployment to production. Continuous Integration (CI) and Continuous Deployment (CD) stand at the basis of a robust, maintainable and collaborative productive code. In this... Continue reading: ‘Bring a Shiny App to Production’ the hands-on workshop  ( 9 min )

We have an analysis routine for proteomics data written for IgorPro. One output is a volcano plot. These plots show the fold change in one sample compared to another and plot that against a p-value to estimate how reproducible any changes observed are. This post is not about that software, ... Continue reading: Step By Step: recreating a volcano plot in R  ( 20 min )

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In reply to Alex Wertheim. Dear David and Alex, I agree, finite seems to naturally come first, and I've edited it. Alex, I don't see your argument as cheating --- everything is justified (and comes from earlier in the notes), unless I'm missing something!  ( 54 min )

Mice are relatively easy to study: They’re small, fast breeding, and inexpensive. And research facilities are often outfitted with mouse-sized equipment. But mice can’t be infected with many of the viruses that afflict humans, so researchers must look to other animals — and to AI — for insight.  ( 18 min )

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On November 19, 1985, the Geneva Summit brought President Ronald Reagan and the Soviet General Secretary Mikhail Gorbachev together for the first time. The leaders had gathered in Geneva to ease tensions, draft a roadmap for peace and future diplomacy, and, as Reagan suggested, to consider an alliance in case of an invasion by space aliens. They had also gathered to eat. On the eve of November 20, a petite soufflé of lobster, suprême of chicken Périgourdine, and an endive salad with mousse de fromage and avocado preceded pear sorbet, petit fours, and coffee. Waiters walked the Summit dining room pouring a 1983 Silverado Chardonnay, a Stag’s Leap Cabernet Sauvignon of 1974, and, notably, a 1982 Iron Horse Blanc de Blanc to pair with each course. Ever since, every administration has poured…  ( 21 min )

Cosmic Cavern has known many names: Moore's Cave, Mystery Cave, Maple Springs Cave, and Johnson Cave, to name a few. Stumbled upon in an attempt to mine lead, the cave was instead mined for calcite. (Model T Ford gear shifts were made of calcite from Cosmic Cavern.) The cave contains many unique features, including the longest known soda straw in the Ozark Mountains, at nin feet long. One of the two bottomless lakes is the largest cave lake in the Ozarks. A cave diver attempted to find the bottom by throwing his air tank down a crevasse and shimmying further. While he survived the attempt, he did not manage to find the bottom, and no more cave dives were permitted. But what makes the cave so unique is the secret area discovered in 1993 via dynamite. A hole in the cave suggested another room behind the end. This hypothesis was correct; the new chamber held untouched features and an additional bottomless lake. This makes a great comparison between what man's effect on the cave ecosystem looks like. The first part of the cave is covered in soot, invasive algae, and broken formations.  The new chamber is pristine, with some features completely transparent.  ( 12 min )

Home to 36 bronze busts representing important and notable people from the history of Key West, the 4 by 2-mile size island at the end of the Florida Keys, this sculpture garden is located on the original shoreline in bustling Mallory Square (the popular tourist area where people go every dusk to applaud the sunset). Recently celebrating its 25th anniversary, the garden was championed by the Friends of Mallory Square, and opened in September 1997 to celebrate the men and women who have had the greatest impact on Key West. There are some familiar faces and names immortalized here like fisher/drinker/author Ernest Hemingway, former President Harry S. Trueman, and railway magnate Henry M. Flagler, but a glance at the others reveals the deep and often-unknown history of the island, which h…  ( 14 min )

Behind Fergusson College in Pune, there is a beautiful hill with lots of walking trails. The hill is called Fergusson Hill or Hanuman Tekdi, because there is a temple of Lord Hanuman on the top. A short distance from it, along the walking trail is an old stone monument that towers over the lush green landscape. The monument commemorates the establishment of The Servants of India Society on 12 June 1905 by Gopal Krishna Gokhale, a prominent leader, and social reformer. Along with him were eminent citizens like Natesh Appaji Dravid, Gopal Krishna Deodhar, Surendra Nath Banerjee, Anant Patwardhan, and others. The purpose of starting this organization was to bring about social reforms in the country, thereby uplifting the people. The primary goal was the promotion of social and human development.  The society was founded on the belief that for the development of the country, there should be a group of dedicated, selfless, and intelligent people who will dedicate their lives to the service of the nation. The society organized events and campaigns that focused on eradicating social evils like discrimination, oppression, poverty, domestic abuse, etc. There was an emphasis on nation-building activities such as education, sanitation, health care, upliftment of the underprivileged sections, etc. The society worked to unite people of different ethnicities and religions for welfare purposes. In recent times, on the occasion of the centenary ceremony in 2005, the monument was renovated and a tree plantation drive was carried out. The monument stands as a proud reminder of the efforts taken by the citizens toward the betterment of society.  ( 12 min )

In the small town of Cheverie, Nova Scotia, you will find an odd-looking brick structure near a salt marsh trail. This is the Camera Obscura which was built in 2012 by architecture students from Dalhousie Univerity. The style of the structure is a construction technique called Guastavino, which is named after a Spanish architect from the late 19th century. And keeping consistent with that period, the camera uses the same "old" technology and works as it would have during that time. The design of the exterior has three overlapping arches. Walking through the darker interior, you will see closed doors. This area is officially the large-scale pinhole camera, that you enter and close the doors behind you for the full effect. When you look up, there is a reflected and upside-down view of the cliffs across the water, and on the concrete floor below you is a real-time projection.  The small community you drive through to get to the camera obscura is quite beautiful to pass and the structure itself is quite amazing to see.  ( 12 min )

Not far from Ihk Tenger, the fenced-off Mongolian presidential palace, is a site of Bronze Age petroglyphs. These are barely visible on the rock cliffs, but you can climb up the stairs to get a closer look. Motifs in Mongolian rock art include human figures that appear to morph into large winged birds, enclosures filled with dots, and horses traveling along trails. The rock art was first recorded by the Soviet scientist A.P. Okladnikov in 1960. In addition to the Bronze Age art, there are ink paintings that date back to the 13th century featuring inscriptions in Mongolian, Chinese, and Tibetan. The other attraction here is the many ovoo, structures adorned with ceremonial silk scarves, or khadag. The ovoo are littered with offerings and represent a resurgence of traditional Mongolian shamanism.  ( 13 min )

Even in the ritzy Ginza district of Tokyo, quaint Shinto shrines aren’t uncommon; most of them, however, are placed on the rooftops of tall department store buildings and can hardly be viewed from street level. Hōdō Inari Shrine is a rare exception, but it’s almost as hard to find—perhaps even harder. Originally founded at some point during the Edo period (1603-1867), the shrine was dedicated to Inari, the all-rounder fox god, and meant to be a place to pray for children’s health. It is said that it was built for the shogun after several of his children had died young, and that it was relocated to Ginza from the premises of Edo Castle (today’s Imperial Palace). The kanji for Hōdō stands for “treasure” and “child.” Following the fall of the Tokugawa shogunate, Ginza rapidly began to dev…  ( 14 min )

During World War II, Marshal Georgy Zhukov of the Soviet Union lived with his family at this modest home in Ulaanbaatar. At that time he aided the Mongolian military in planning their fight against the Japanese Kwantung Army. Due to his success in battle, Mongolia is forever grateful and has converted his house into a small museum. A statue of Zhukov is located in a square on the west side of the museum.  ( 12 min )

A 16-meter-tall environmental statue in front Ramat-Hovav industrial zone, erected to protest the rampant pollution of the area, dominates the local desert landscape as a warning of the dangers of the polluted environment. Negev Guardian was erected by environmental sculptor Emilio Mogilner with contributions from the local communities. It is also goes by the names the holy Sambusak statue (Sambusak being a type of pastry) and Shimidura (roughly translated as "bless you" in Moroccan Arabic). The statue is made out of thousands of tons of earth shaped into the ancient face of a guardian. It stands five stories high on a foundation made of iron and cement.  ( 12 min )

Rain Westgard’s coworkers are emotionally needy, and she’s fine with that. They are also clever, gregarious, and can weigh upward of 5,000 pounds. As a rhino keeper at Disney’s Animal Kingdom Theme Park near Orlando, Florida, it’s up to her to keep them physically fit, psychologically healthy, and otherwise entertained. “There's a lot of job security with white rhinos,” says Westgard, who has worked with them at Disney for 10 years. “They require a lot of care.” It’s also a weighty job. There are only 27,000 rhinos left on Earth, and three of the five species are considered critically endangered. With nearly 10,000 poached in the last decade—including one at a zoo in France—the thousand or so animals in managed care worldwide are considered crucial to the long-term survival of all rhin…  ( 21 min )

The one time Patricia Arquette actually tried to work for a private investigator, as a side hustle early in her acting career, her wire came loose and fell out. Years later, the Academy Award–winning actress is getting a second chance at the gig in High Desert, a comedy series that debuted May 17, 2023, on Apple TV+. In High Desert, Arquette plays Peggy Newman, a former drug dealer–turned–Pioneertown Old West reenactor. Faced with foreclosure on her late mother’s home, Peggy starts moonlighting as a gumshoe, scaling the titular region of Southern California in search of curious clues to peculiar cases—all while fighting her own battle with addiction and mourning the loss of her mother. It’s funny, poignant, and, like the High Desert itself, just the right amount of weird. Atlas Obscura …  ( 21 min )

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On June 1 in Iowa, Donald Trump gave a speech in which he attacked Ron DeSantis from several angles. One of them was DeSantis' variation in pronunciation of his last name (see "Pronouncing 'DeSantis'", 6/3/2023), which Trump characterized as "changing his name", while introducing a puzzling (but promising?) new linguistic term, "syllabolic": Your browser does […]  ( 9 min )

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A couple of recent papers that seem interesting and I need to read more closely: , a collaboration between folks at Ohio University and Argonne, is a neat combination of and (-enabled) resonant x-ray absorption.  The authors bring an STM tip (an extremely sharp metal tip) down to within a nm of the sample surface, so that electrons can tunnel quantum mechanically from the sample to the tip.  Then bang the sample with x-rays that are resonant with core levels of particular atoms in the sample.  In this case, one sample consisted of iron-containing molecules.  The x-rays could kick electrons out of the iron atoms where they are then detected by the tip, allowing atomic-resolution mapping of the desired atoms.  (It's a bit more subtle than that - see Fig. 2j - but that's basically the gist.…  ( 10 min )

Tender, well-marbled steak, sautéed onions, and melty provolone cheese served in a soft but sturdy hoagie roll define this classic Philly sandwich.  ( 21 min )

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A top pick from our kitchen timer review, the OXO is our favorite countertop model.  ( 11 min )

We tested 21 microwave ovens to find the best ones for all your cooking, popcorn, and reheated leftover needs.  ( 22 min )

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Contained in the Judiciary and Public Safety omnibus bill are 16 pages of changes ranging from a ban on landlords requiring pets to be declawed and devocalized to making it easier to expunge past evictions from court records.  ( 25 min )

Securing a load is a life skill worth practicing before you get the test.  ( 25 min )

More staggering than the reduction in non-public safety stops were the data around the racial disparities.  ( 16 min )

Bee Howerton joined us as development associate in May, and Alicia Pedersen came on board as membership manager this month.  ( 8 min )

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As demographics shift, we must encourage our leaders to ensure citizens of every age can thrive and make Minnesota a good place to grow up and grow old.  ( 9 min )

Plus: The best places to work in Minnesota; officials addressing juvenile crime in Twin Cities; Wisconsin governor threatens to veto budget; and more.  ( 7 min )

MIT-Novo Nordisk Artificial Intelligence Postdoctoral Fellows Program will support up to 10 postdocs annually over five years.  ( 7 min )

MIT postdoc Ziv Epstein SM ’19, PhD ’23 discusses issues arising from the use of generative AI to make art and other media.  ( 9 min )

That is the topic of my latest Bloomberg column: …a locale with a reasonable level of English fluency and an attractive year-round climate will get a lot of attention — and that nicely describes Kenya. Kenya also had a growth rate of about 5.5% last year, despite negative shocks to the prices of imported food and energy. […] The post What is the optimistic case for Kenya? appeared first on Marginal REVOLUTION.         Comments In reply to Phil S.. How did Europe and the US get rid of ... by Anti-Gnostic In reply to ged. Barefoot and pregnant from 12 years old to ... by ged In reply to Phinton. What is the counterfactual for you with ... by peri Why the fixation on population numbers? Canada, Poland, the ... by Anti-Gnostic In reply to Reason. The human capital is the problem. I guess ... by Vernon Plus 10 more... Related Stories Game theory and the First World War Nigeria floats its exchange rate GDP and temperature shocks  ( 7 min )

1. How to think about Chinese manufacturing data. 2. Paul Salopek walking through China/Yunnan. 3. AI policy recommendations from Anthropic. 4. Now I understand better why I have never enjoyed the works of Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o. 5. “Man ‘faked his death before arriving to his funeral in a helicopter to teach family a lesson’” The post Thursday assorted links appeared first on Marginal REVOLUTION.         Comments In reply to Phil S.. lol, that twitter respondent's like: ... by M In reply to Phil S.. That's quite a story. Seems reasonable. by Bazza In reply to Moral Panic. All of the above. The biggest reason ... by Q In reply to M. This is a good chunk of the middle income ... by Kaleberg In reply to Canadian guy. As an Italian, I thought for a ... by Ed Plus 10 more...  ( 6 min )

By Nobel Laureate Roger Myerson: Books by Scott Wolford and Roger Ransom show how economic theories of games and decisions can be fruitfully applied to problems in World War I. This vital application offers fundamental insights into the analytical methods of game theory. Public random variables may be essential factors in war-of-attrition games. An assumption […] The post Game theory and the First World War appeared first on Marginal REVOLUTION.         Comments In reply to Student. They didn't “rule” ports in the way ... by dearieme In reply to Cecil Rokestam-Bourne. There's a difference ... by Zach In reply to Zach. Not true, as has been well known for some ... by Cecil Rokestam-Bourne In reply to gardel. Conversely, some are useless. by Florian v Schack In reply to Cecil Rothestam-Bourke. Six of one, half dozen of ... by Zach Plus 10 more... Related Stories *The Economic Government of the World, 1933-2023* *Goodbye Eastern Europe* *Medieval Horizons: Why the Middle Ages Matter*  ( 6 min )

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There is no evidence for Republican claims that considering the environmental impacts of investment is bad for the poor—part of the party’s growing opposition to environmental, social and governance investments

In steganography, an ordinary message masks the presence of a secret communication. Humans can never do it perfectly, but a new study shows it’s possible for machines

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The Naming of Stats is a difficult matter, Of names of this kind, there are many examples,  ( 1 min )

Remember the most important part of statistics that’s not in the textbooks? Here it comes again! In this case it’s not junk statistics claiming that North Korea is a democracy, it’s fake blocks in the NBA. Chris Thompson has the … Continue reading →  ( 9 min )

Hundreds of conference papers published by the U.S.-based Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers (IEEE) show signs of plagiarism, citation fraud and other types of scientific misconduct, according to data sleuths. “I am concerned that the issue with these particular conferences is widespread enough such that it indicates systemic issues with their peer review systems,” … Continue reading Plague of anomalies in conference proceedings hint at ‘systemic issues’  ( 9 min )

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Timing is key for behavioural benefits of psychedelics go.nature.com/3qEO9xj

The nation's first climate trial, led by kids, could have ramifications outside of Montana's borders trib.al/6Kf4xq3

A reminder that NeurIPS tutorial submissions are due in 1 week, on June 21. There is still time to put together a strong submission! This is truly a rewarding experience, speaking as someone who presented a tutorial a few years ago. Submit here: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F…

in this thread: indicators of a close election nitter.net/DrewLinzer/status/1669036696820916225#m

FWIW, Trump is now polling well above his 2016 primary national popular vote share, suggesting his strength (for now) is not just a matter of other candidates crowding the field projects.fivethirtyeight.com… nitter.net/SteveKornacki/status/1669042496754655234#m

looks like yougov is hiring a data journalist/survey analyst (fully remote too): smartrecruiters.com/YouGov1/… the person who previously held this job worked closely with us on the weekly Economist poll. good colleagues and great survey/poll-reporting experience too

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From tea to tofu: why Chinese dietary staples are rich pickings for research go.nature.com/3qNZc7j

How my bipolar diagnosis changed my scientific career go.nature.com/3qFdHKJ

Mouse studies suggest that drugs from LSD to ecstasy renew the brain’s flexibility — but some scientists are sceptical go.nature.com/3qGygqe

Quantum computer scales up by mitigating errors go.nature.com/3p89Sxh

Could endometriosis be caused by bacteria? Study offers fresh clues go.nature.com/42BH5yJ

Research briefing: A pangenome reference representative of 36 minority Chinese ethnic groups go.nature.com/3P9Ac4D

Opening doors: how I crafted career opportunities abroad go.nature.com/42LEItb

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Nature research paper: Evidence for the utility of quantum computing before fault tolerance go.nature.com/3p4ZLcx

Nature research paper: Genetic stabilization of attenuated oral vaccines against poliovirus types 1 and 3 go.nature.com/3NrVb1t

Modified polio vaccines might aid efforts to eradicate the disease go.nature.com/3Nvi3NG

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“I think he never doubted in any way that this was correct,” said geneticist Michael Boshart, who was a PhD student in Harald zur Hausen's team (via @nytimes).

The eruption of Kīlauea is so far confined to the Halemaʻumaʻu crater at the volcano’s summit. nature.com/articles/d41586-0…

Polymath Thomas Young, born 250 years ago this week, originated a demonstration that has scientists scratching their heads to this day: the double-slit experiment. nature.com/articles/d41586-0…

Many coal-fired power plants will probably close down instead of complying with proposed EPA regulation. “Managing the social costs of the clean-energy transition must remain a priority in the United States, and worldwide”, argues a @Nature editorial. nature.com/articles/d41586-0…

Mice are often trained for specific, idosyncratic tasks, such as pushing a lever to get a reward. The end result is like studying a “professional athlete”, says neuroscientist @trabranco. nature.com/articles/d41586-0…

Moths are the unsung heroes of pollination in cities, accounting for one third of pollinator visits in a study of moths and bees in Leeds, UK led by @em_ellis_ (via @WIRED). wired.com/story/bees-get-all…

Employment increased in 34 large metro areas from April 2022 to April 2023 bls.gov/opub/ted/2023/employ… #BLSdata

Employment increased in 34 large metro areas from April 2022 to April 2023 bls.gov/opub/ted/2023/employ… #BLSdata

How the Producer Price Index is Used for Contract Adjustment piped.video/watch?v=t8aIfzkF… #PPI #BLSdata

Introduction to the Producer Price Index piped.video/watch?v=d9Y48rsg… #PPI #BLSdata

See our interactive graphics on today’s new Producer Price Indexes data bls.gov/charts/producer-pric… #PPI #BLSdata #DataViz

PPI for final demand declines 0.3% in May; goods fall 1.6%, services increase 0.2% bls.gov/news.release/ppi.nr0… #PPI #BLSdata

The Golden Bear had 18 top-10 finishes in the US Open. Arnie once rallied from a 7-stroke deficit to win it. But how about the time poor J.D. Tucker shot a record-high round of 157 in 1898? theanalyst.com/na/2023/06/th…

Nicolò Barella’s performances in 2022-23 saw him make the @OptaPaolo Serie A team of the season… #NUFC theanalyst.com/2023/06/serie…

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That #NEDCRO preview you were looking for, via @OptaAnalyst. theanalyst.com/eu/2023/06/ne…

James Milner is still going strong at 37! After leaving Liverpool, he's signed a one-year deal with the option of an additional 12 months at Brighton. @PremierLeague appearances record, just 34 behind Gareth Barry. Will he do it? nitter.net/OfficialBHAFC/status/1668973336871796737#m

What would Mason Mount bring to Manchester United? We take a look at his numbers at Chelsea: theanalyst.com/eu/2023/06/ma…

𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐓𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐬𝐟𝐞𝐫 𝐓𝐚𝐫𝐠𝐞𝐭𝐬 🎯 It may seem somewhat vulture-like to look for bargains from relegated teams, but we’ve done it anyway. In our Relegated Transfer Targets series, we have analysed the players at each club who are moved likely to make a move this summer.

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Galatasaray had a miserable 2021-22 season, finishing 13th & setting a new club record for their lowest finish in the top flight. @OptaCan. 🇹🇷 #SampiyonGalatasaray theanalyst.com/eu/2023/06/ga…

Why Manchester United NEED to sign Mason Mount! 🖊️ @jord_coll, who will be bringing you more great video content. tiktok.com/@optaanalyst/vide… piped.video/shorts/PytfDzYy8… instagram.com/p/Ctd6Df5u9l_/

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Refrigerator pickles made with a vinegar brine flavored with dill, garlic, and onion are a Midwestern classic. seriouseats.com/milwaukee-di…

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With AI threatening to overtake the world of work, at least one pretty good job will always be in demand | Opinion trib.al/kI0efUY

Fat-like compounds in ancient rocks point to a vast array of previously unknown microbes that once dominated complex life on Earth trib.al/RED6kB8

Therapy for dissociative identity disorder has aimed to meld many personalities into one. But that's not the only solution, a caring therapist shows trib.al/hqezWs9  ( 1 min )

New research finds that the area burned by wildfires during summer in California has increased fivefold since 1971 because of more arid conditions caused by climate change trib.al/L5ojF3J  ( 1 min )

In 2013 a user named Cleo took the online math forum Mathematics Stack Exchange by storm, posting quick, fully formed answers to incredibly complex problems. @spotifypodcasts 🔗 bit.ly/42F47Fc

Happening Now: Rebecca J. Lester (@psychanthro) is answering your questions about her article in our June issue: how she helped a young woman with 12 different personalities form a community of selves in one individual. @Reddit AMA: bit.ly/43CqfkE bit.ly/3MwC5FH nitter.net/sciam/status/1668316089711722511#m

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Telltale evidence gathered by the James Webb Space Telescope suggests we're closer than ever before to finding elusive Population III stars trib.al/ui8Npzz

Though you might not be able to significantly rev up your metabolism, there are ways to boost the energy your body burns while doing nothing trib.al/b7T2HhI

For @sciam I wrote about ice in cocktails and what bars are doing to become more sustainable! scientificamerican.com/artic…

How academic institutions can prevent sexual harassment and protect scientists | Opinion trib.al/xKrB84c

MDMA is a well-known party drug. But it’s also showing real promise for treating PTSD. @tanyalewis314 and @jfischman on Apple Podcasts: bit.ly/3JaOzC1

To learn how to choose a secure password, you need to understand how hackers do their work. trib.al/bQwz8p2

Ontario and Quebec could see wildfires grow more intense and frequent as a changing climate brings unusually hot and dry conditions trib.al/ZYXKm2u

A deer-tooth pendant from a Siberian cave yielded DNA left by a woman who lived some 20,000 years ago. scim.ag/30x

When flies are forced to feed around dead members of their species, they tend to kick the bucket earlier than is typical. scim.ag/30u

It’s the first time a frog—or any amphibian—has been observed pollinating a plant. scim.ag/30r

Octopuses may have vivid, narrative dreams—some of which are terrifying. scim.ag/30o

A gene that lengthens telomeres can extend cellular life, but also raises the risk for tumors and a condition associated with blood cancer. scim.ag/30f

A technique based on artificial intelligence can translate brain scans into words and sentences. scim.ag/30c

Exactly how coral nourishes itself has long been a mystery—until now. scim.ag/30a @ScienceVisuals

Many U.S. biomedical researchers and their collaborators abroad are reacting with alarm to a new NIH requirement that foreign groups send their NIH partners copies of their lab notebooks and other raw data at least every few months. scim.ag/301

Humans have long seen themselves mirrored in other primates, with apes’ social behavior and cognitive abilities shedding light on our own. scim.ag/2ZX

As emergency managers in southern Ukraine evacuate people there from disastrous flooding caused by the mysterious breach of a major dam, conservation scientists are pondering the effects on the region’s plants and animals. scim.ag/2ZW

The first 45 words uttered by a police officer during the traffic stop of a Black driver can predict whether the interaction will escalate. scim.ag/2ZU

Octopuses may have vivid, narrative dreams—some of which are terrifying. scim.ag/2ZS

A new U.S. study will test whether pairing molecularly targeted drugs will work better than single drugs to wipe out cancer. scim.ag/2ZR

Lava flows can abruptly shift from smooth, ropy pahoehoe to rubbly, jagged aa—changes that might be sparked by the molten rock’s internal churn. scim.ag/2ZP

Charles Darwin assumed the driver of the giraffe’s long neck was food, but a fossil of an ancient giraffe relative suggests there might be more to the story. #ScienceMagArchives scim.ag/2ZN

Researchers around the globe are now trying to revive antibody treatments to treat #COVID19 by redesigning them to take aim at targets that are less prone to mutation. scim.ag/2ZM

Unlike some other spiders that camouflage themselves with drab colors and sticklike appendages, this jumping spider disguises itself by crawling like an ant. scim.ag/2ZK @ScienceVisuals

Zebrafish live for less than a year, but new research finds that extending the length of the chromosomes in their guts kept them healthy into old age. scim.ag/2ZI

NOMIS Foundation honors the Ford Professor of Economics for his contributions to understanding the effects of technological change and globalization on jobs and earnings prospects for workers.  ( 6 min )

Can we speedup deep learning 2.5x via data-selection with theoretical guarantees? Our #ICM2023 paper shows for the first time that this is indeed possible! Data points of increasing learning difficulty is what you need! An excellent work well worth reading (@YUYANG_UCLA,Hao)🎉🌱 nitter.net/YUYANG_UCLA/status/1668771083733078017#m  ( 1 min )

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The small molecule SDT-011, tested in mice and human skin, could be a promising treatment for severe #rash associated with the #EGFR inhibitor cancer treatment. @ScienceTM scim.ag/30v

Cold environments promoted the social evolution of Asian colobine primates in a stepwise manner, according to a new Science study. scim.ag/30t #PrimateGenomes

Scientists have delineated how a biochemical modification enables macrophages to neutralize and clear out the bacterium responsible for #tuberculosis–a discovery that could facilitate therapeutic research for this widespread health burden. @SciSignal scim.ag/30j

This week in Science Advances, researchers investigate the effect of ocean alkalinity enhancement, a process that sequesters carbon by increasing ocean alkalinity through the addition of limestone and other alkaline minerals. scim.ag/30h

Researchers tie endometriosis in women to an invasive genus of bacteria, fecal microbiome transplants may soothe colitis during cancer immunotherapy, and more in this week's issue of #ScienceTranslationalMedicine. scim.ag/30g

In an effort to ensure equity and reduce bias, the U.S. NIH has proposed a plan to change how grant proposals are peer reviewed. #LetterToScience argues that the changes do not address previous evidence about bias in the peer review process. scim.ag/30b

A new @SciImmunology study investigates how intestinal α4β7+ CD8 T cells enhance immune responses against metastatic tumors typically resistant to anti-PD-L1 immunotherapy. scim.ag/305

The distribution of African forest and savanna ecosystems are highly predictable by climate, according to a new Science study. scim.ag/2ZZ #ScienceResearch

The first U.S. nationwide geological survey in a generation could reveal badly needed supplies of critical minerals. @NewsfromScience feature: scim.ag/2ZV

Facing a scarcity of pollen, bumblebees will nibble on the leaves of flowerless plants, causing intentional damage in a way that speeds up the production of flowers, according to a Science study from 2020. scim.ag/2ZT #NationalPollinatorsMonth

In a 3-year genomic selection experiment in the wild involving more than 2000 Dutch great tits, researchers in @ScienceAdvances found that the birds’ reproductive success was not affected by laying eggs early or late in the season. scim.ag/2ZQ

A new study in Science presents whole-genome data from 233 primate species representing 86% of the primate genera and all 16 families. scim.ag/2ZO #PrimateGenomes

New in @ScienceTM: Researchers have identified 15 separate variants in the PSMC3 proteasome gene in 23 patients with neurodevelopmental delay and intellectual disabilities. scim.ag/2ZL

On the latest #SciencePodcast🎙️, @boron110 takes a look at taking solvents out of #chemistry with @JakeYeston and Yerzhan Zholdassov. scim.ag/2ZJ

Yes. It was the sixth hottest May on record in the state of Minnesota based on data from the Midwestern Regional Climate Center.  ( 6 min )

Plus: Wildfire in Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness; another person pleads guilty in Feeding Our Future scandal; no commitment to extra transit for sold out Taylor Swift concerts; and more.  ( 7 min )

A Metro Transit route for the Blue Line light rail extension project hasn’t been finalized, but residents and businesses are concerned it could displace people in an economically vulnerable area.  ( 22 min )

Six organizations are working with the Greater Minnesota Housing Fund to better address the root causes behind housing insecurity.  ( 11 min )

The tart, resilient northern vegetable is an in-demand ingredient for drinks and desserts this time of year.  ( 11 min )

Bike riders in Europe aren’t just exercising, it’s not an “activity” of some kind; their bikes are integrated into their daily lives.  ( 19 min )

Plus: Meeting Miss Hmong Minnesota 2023; Wisconsin lawmakers poised to cut funding for UW campuses; bicyclist riding down I-35W struck by an SUV; Sean Sherman receives the ninth annual Julia Child Award; and more.  ( 9 min )

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Your first clue that Redheaded Stranger is no ordinary taco joint is perched on a corner barstool. He’s a giant stuffed giraffe with braided pigtails and a T-shirt that reads “NO FUCKIN’ CHIPS,” and his name is Willie—in honor of Mr. Nelson, of course. Your second clue is that for years, the not-so-secret order here was the Crunchwrap. “My mom's favorite restaurant is Taco Bell, so I grew up eating a lot of [Crunchwrap Supremes],” says chef Bryan Lee Weaver. The restaurant initially kept it off the official menu out of low-key fear of litigation. “We ran it as a special and it sold like crazy, so we just kind of kept doing it.” Unlike the fast-food iteration, Redheaded Stranger’s versions include fillings like house-made green chile pork and whipped feta. When Bryan Lee Weaver and Mi…  ( 14 min )

Jimmie Rodgers, the “Father of Country Music” started strumming his guitar for beer-drinkers along the streets of Nashville in the 1930s. Sometime between then and today, the city’s Broadway took a turn for the wild. Nowadays, most locals give the neon-drenched street a wide berth and complain that the area has become something of a parody of itself—a relentless bachelorette party and booze-fueled musical carnival, all rolled into one strip.  Come nightfall, “Nashvegas” fills with roving packs of women donning sashes, cowgirl boots, and hats. Many of the bar-venues boast a loose celebrity tie-in, from Justin Timberlake’s Twelve Thirty Club to Jimmy Buffet’s Margaritaville to Kid Rock’s thunderous, multistory Big A** Honky Tonk Rock N’ Roll Steakhouse. The lines are long, the cab drivers …  ( 14 min )

"Who even buys maps anymore? Everyone has phones!" Lots of people, it turns out. Opened in the fall of 1994, this oddity in Ottawa's Wellington West shopping district has been helping adventurers not die while doing awesome (dangerous, fantastic) things for almost 30 years. Long enough, in fact, to be one of the first small businesses in Ottawa to have an online presence. World of Maps supplies travelers and curious minds with early cartographic facsimiles, maps of the Milky Way galaxy, and even a flat-earth map for those always questioning reality. A sliding wall showcases the most popular maps for easy perusing. Maps aren't the only treasures to find inside. Shelves are teeming with books on niche topics like ink-making, foraging, and how to read the night sky, while funky globes spin and illuminate the shop beside old-style navigational tools like compasses, sextants, and "the eye of time." Even professionals can find something inside, with air and nautical charts, logbooks, and topographic maps. Really just a great place to get lost in.  ( 12 min )

Deep in the far east of Catholic Poland are two historically Muslim villages with histories dating back to the Middle Ages. Kruszyniany and its smaller sister village, Bohoniki, are the last Polish villages still inhabited by the Lipka Tatars, a Muslim Turkic people who originally came to Europe in the 1200s. The Tatars joined the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth in every major military campaign of the time, notably the Battle of Grunwald in 1410, and as a reward for their loyalty, the Tatars were granted the right to settle in eastern Poland. Over the centuries, the Tatars adopted the Polish language and integrated into Polish society while maintaining their distinct religious and cultural identity. Despite their religious differences with the Polish state, they were considered full citizens who had earned their place in Polish society on the battlefield. After World War II, however, the resulting border shifts in Eastern Europe resulted in these Tatar communities being splintered between Poland, Lithuania, and Belarus, with only the villages of Kruszyniany and Bohoniki remaining within Polish borders. Today, Kruszyniany is the center of Poland's original Tatar community, and its modest yet impressive Green Mosque attracts visitors from all over the country who are interested in learning more about Poland's Muslim minority. The mosque is maintained by descendants of the original Lipka Tatars who are enthusiastic about sharing their unique history and culture with their fellow Poles and with the rest of the world. Across the street is also a restaurant (Tatarska Jurta) serving traditional Tatar cuisine with English- and Polish-language descriptions of Tatar dishes. Kruszyniany's smaller sister village of Bohoniki, about 30km to the north, also boasts a traditional wooden mosque maintained by Tatar-descended locals who are happy to explain their history and religious customs to curious visitors.  ( 13 min )

Most denizens of the summer night sky are easy to find: There’s the bright stars Vega and Arcturus, the constellation Cygnus the Swan, the Big Dipper. But one of my favorites is a little harder to see, and worth the effort and the small amount of equipment you’ll need to do it. The Beehive Cluster, also known as M44, is as much a harbinger of summer as the sound of wind chimes and katydid calls. This week, the Beehive is joined by the planet Venus, shining bright in the western sky after sunset. The pairing is a great introduction to celestial companions you might not otherwise see—and to some equipment you might want for the rest of your summer stargazing. The Beehive Cluster is found in the constellation Cancer the Crab, in its “chest,” according to Ptolemy. It is also known as Praes…  ( 21 min )

The Botanical Gardens of Paris are full of meticulously sculpted but ominous statues, such as that of the lion devouring a child. Created by the same sculptor or animalier, Emmanuel Frémiet, Dénicheur d’Oursons is another, and perhaps even more brutal example of this trend. At first glance, it seems like a heroic statue of a mostly-naked huntsman wrestling with a ferocious bear in an almost Herculean manner, but if you look closer at it, you’ll notice a grotesque trophy hanging from the hunter’s belt: a dead cub. Once it’s been noticed, the implication is clear. The human invader murdered the mother bear’s little baby, and she is attacking the man in fury. The huntsman has stabbed the bear in the neck, but it does not seem to stop the maddened animal. The strength put into its bearhug is deadly—and the "cub snatcher" hangs loose in its arms, facing the same fate he forced the poor child into. It's all very realistic despite its dramatic nature, from the man's musculature to the bear's furious fur.  ( 12 min )

Labyrinths have a history stretching back more than 4,000 years in various cultures. Christianity appropriated the symbol around 324, when the first known labyrinth appeared in a cathedral in Algeria. The intricate designs, which vary from church to church, are thought to represent an internal pilgrimage. The Womanspace labyrinth and gardens are free and open to the public daily during daylight hours. The 11-circuit design is modeled after the Chartres Cathedral labyrinth in France. Its many turns reflect the journey of life, with its change and transition, rites of passage, and cycles of nature. Visitors are encouraged to embark on their own meditative journey by walking at their own pace.  ( 12 min )

People familiar with J. K. Rowling's Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone might recognize the concept behind Glasgow University's Blackstone Chair. The current chair, which is part of the university's Hunterian Museum collection, dates from the late 18th century. Its origins are thought to be much earlier though, dating back to the institution's inception in 1451. The chair was used as a way to test the educational proficiency of its pupils. Like the Sorting Hat in the Harry Potter series, students were required to sit in the chair while they were tested on their knowledge of a particular subject. The Blackstone Chair was made in 1775-6 and contains a piece of polished black dolerite, from which it gets its name. In order to graduate from the premiere Scottish university, students …  ( 13 min )

Listen and subscribe on Stitcher, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and all major podcast apps. In this episode of The Atlas Obscura Podcast, we visit the world's only nuclear reactor operated by liberal arts undergraduates. Our podcast is an audio guide to the world’s wondrous, awe-inspiring, strange places. In under 15 minutes, we’ll take you to an incredible site, and along the way you’ll meet some fascinating people and hear their stories. Join us daily, Monday through Thursday, to explore a new wonder with cofounder Dylan Thuras and a neighborhood of Atlas Obscura reporters.  ( 12 min )

Dan Rosenheck writes: Our data-journalism team conducts original quantitative research, deploying cutting-edge statistical methods to ask and answer important, relevant questions about politics, economics and society. We are looking to hire a full-time political data scientist. . . . The … Continue reading →  ( 9 min )

Simons Foundation (the parent institution of Flatiron Institute, where I work) has just announced grants to support professors working on scientific software, with a plan to support 6 new fellows per year. From the call for proposals: A Scientific Software … Continue reading →  ( 9 min )

tl;dr. A document saying it opposes the conventional wisdom on U.S. health care spending actually, in my view, supports the conventional wisdom on U.S. health care spending. The conventional wisdom (which I agree with) The conventional wisdom is that Americans … Continue reading →  ( 22 min )

Im upset to see teens on Tiktok and other referring to their pets as "Slave". Due to historical precedent it is gross to do this. It is icky  ( 1 min )

Only the penis and vagina are to be considered "Genitals" . The Testicles and ass hole are not genitals, they are different from that.  ( 1 min )

if you see any one masturbating to my posts please inform me so that I can remove the post and increase the terror alert level by 1  ( 1 min )

Will play a part for sure! How big a role can it play and will it be the same for all clubs? nitter.net/ground_guru/status/1668642941387132929#m

Another significant development in the post-Brexit football recruitment landscape. Essentially gives clubs 2-4 overseas wildcards every season. The EQP aspect feels like a gamble from the FA, who had some rare power over the PL with this as English football's governing body. nitter.net/martynziegler/status/1668999280697257984#m

This is big news for #NCFC and English football generally. nitter.net/FA/status/1668997512680681481#m

Dean Rastrick will be joining his former Spurs colleague John McDermott at the FA. Official announcement imminent. nitter.net/ground_guru/status/1668944693684580356#m

You could see that in the right system/ with a club that’s clear on their game model and how he fits, Havertz would be a huge asset nitter.net/NizaarKinsella/status/1668988876344500224#m

🚨 CLOSES TOMORROW! @NUFC #NUFC trainingground.guru/jobs-lis…

📽️⚽ ¡Así juega @BellinghamJude! ✨ #HeyJude

Not a bad piece this - by @smarterscout, from May 2020 trainingground.guru/articles…

One of the longest-serving Academy Managers in England. Big exit from Tottenham. nitter.net/ground_guru/status/1668944693684580356#m

Academy Manager Dean Rastrick has left @SpursOfficial after 13 years “to pursue new challenges and opportunities.” #THFC trainingground.guru/articles…

“Significantly, Norwich remain wedded to the role of the Sporting Director and Webber himself will be involved in the process of finding his replacement.” nitter.net/ground_guru/status/1668903241218682880#m

‘Almost a quarter (24%) of Norwich’s first-team minutes over the last six seasons have been from Academy players’ usual good read from @ground_guru nitter.net/ground_guru/status/1668903241218682880#m

"You can talk about elite environments, but a gym which is a fifth of the size it needs to be in a conservatory with a mucky roof sort of contradicts that.” #NCFC trainingground.guru/articles…

Evaluating Stuart Webber's 6 years at Norwich City #NCFC trainingground.guru/articles…

Following a recent audit, #SAFC's Academy has retained it's Category One status 👏 @AcademyOfLight

Join us for an update from the R Consortium’s R Validation Hub, which supports the use of R within regulated industries. The community meeting will be on June 27, 12... Continue reading: Learnings and Reflection from Case Studies: What is Next for the R Validation Hub?  ( 8 min )

The R Consortium recently talked to Rachel Heyard of the Zürich R User Group to discuss the vibrant R community in Zürich. The group collaborates with different companies in Zürich... Continue reading: Use of R for Meta-Research in Zürich  ( 15 min )

Learn how to use supervised text classification in R! Join our workshop on Introduction to Supervised Text Classification in R which is a part of our workshops for Ukraine series.  Here’s some more info:  Title: Introduction to Supervised Text Classification in R Date: Thursday, July 13th, 18:00 – 20:00 CEST (Rome, Berlin, ... Continue reading: Introduction to Supervised Text Classification in R workshop  ( 11 min )

Introduction Continue reading: Pulling a formula from a recipe object  ( 13 min )

As we anticipated in November 2022 the changes implemented by Twitter have generated a less safe and friendly space for our community. That is why from June 2023, we will stop interacting on this platform. We will maintain the account in hopes that we... Continue reading: rOpenSci’s Communication Channels for Safe and Friendly Exchange  ( 10 min )

Also oil capex, SAFU funds and Twitter spam bots.  ( 2 min )

Yes, ultra-marathons, here is Wikipedia: Gary Cantrell, known as Lazarus “Laz” Lake, is an endurance race designer and director. His races include the Barkley Marathons, Big’s Backyard Ultra, the Barkley Fall Classic, Vol State 500K, A Race for the Ages, the Last Annual Heart of the South, and the Strolling Jim 40. In 2018, Lake covered the United States on foot, starting […] The post What should I ask Lazarus Lake? appeared first on Marginal REVOLUTION.         Comments In reply to Stan Sitwell. Athletic performances do not ... by Kieran In reply to Letsrun Troll. Follow up question: Why has there ... by Letsrun troll In reply to Pshrnk. Related, I think: Lynne Cox has held a ... by FG In reply to Anin. All sports are like that. If you're born ... by gardel Why do people get upset at the physical dangers of football and ... by Maxwell Silver Hammer Plus 10 more...

1. The gender gap in commercializing science. 2. YIMBY for Anchorage? 3. Jon Hartley is launching a de-dollarization facts website. 4. AI experimental church service in Germany, at least the first one drew a crowd. 5. Kenyan Luddites. 6. Claims about minimum wage and homelessness.  I’ll say it again: the results on this question are […] The post Wednesday assorted links appeared first on Marginal REVOLUTION.         Comments In reply to Blue Jay. Is garbage service really that ... by rsm In reply to Halle Lula. If there's garbage pick-up, what's ... by rsm In reply to Owen. I'm not even sure how this would work. The ... by Anti-Gnostic In reply to yo. Well sure, but the US Army is high tech and ... by JWatts In reply to Student. Nah. I'll just move to a place pricey ... by Anti-Gnostic Plus 10 more...

Nigeria has officially floated its naira currency after years of sticking with a hard peg that spooked investors and drained dollars from the economy. The development means buyers and sellers of foreign currency in the official FX market are now allowed to quote rates they find comfortable in the FX market, as against previous practice […] The post Nigeria floats its exchange rate appeared first on Marginal REVOLUTION.         Comments https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/exclusive-42percent-of-ceos... by Antony T Just want I wanted to be delivered – a post about Nigeria ... by Antony T In reply to rayward. I'm somewhat skeptical of the point you ... by Deji In reply to cornpopsrustyrazor. It is not even close to over ... by Ummm... In reply to Test. But we have always been at war with … ... by God of Thunder Plus 9 more... Related Stories Mark Zandi on changing odds of recession GDP and temperature shocks Germany poll fact of the day

This is perhaps a not entirely welcome result: We use local projections to estimate the cross-country distribution of real GDP per capita growth impulse responses to global and idiosyncratic temperature shocks. Negative growth responses to global temperature at longer horizons are found for all Group of Seven countries while positive responses are found for seven […] The post GDP and temperature shocks appeared first on Marginal REVOLUTION.         Comments In reply to The truth is warming is mostly good. Plants (and ... by yo In reply to The truth is warming is mostly good. the truth is ... by Lee A. Arnold In reply to Rebes. Bad news is Dansgaard-Oeschger events, ... by Lee A. Arnold In reply to Chimela Caesar. However, I need to clarify that ... by Chimela Caesar In reply to DF. It’s not correct. It doesn’t match the ... by sxb Plus 10 more... Related Stories Free Formatting For All on First Submission! The Poop Detective How the Russian Revolution boosted Marx’s influence

In Germany, the far-right party Alternative for Germany (AfD) party is gaining popularity, with a recent poll putting it in second place – ahead of Chancellor Olaf Scholz’s SPD. A YouGov poll published on Friday (9 June) found that 20% of German voters would give their vote to the far-right AfD, making it the second-strongest […] The post Germany poll fact of the day appeared first on Marginal REVOLUTION.         Comments In reply to Ricardo. The Gulag Archipelago, the Holodomor, ... by Anti-Gnostic In reply to Anti-Gnostic. Whatever you might say about Prior, ... by Yancey Ward In reply to B.B.. Don't do well? Döner is the only food I ... by kwazii One thing you can count on is this- when AfD crosses the 30% ... by Yancey Ward Both the SPD and CDU have lost left and right halves ... by Yancey Ward Plus 10 more... Related Stories The new public library? Mark Zandi on changing odds of recession The nuclear polity that is Georgia

A Middle Eastern staple, this strained and lightly salted yogurt is often served at breakfast or as a snack drizzled with olive oil, sprinkled with za’atar, and scooped up with pita bread.  ( 17 min )

Sauce spoons are kitchen multitaskers that are great for swirling, spreading, basting, and, yes, saucing.  ( 16 min )

New research finds that the area burned by wildfires during summer in California has increased fivefold since 1971 because of more arid conditions caused by climate change

Therapy for dissociative identity disorder has aimed to meld many personalities into one. But that’s not the only solution, a caring therapist shows

Therapy apps are incorporating AI programs such as ChatGPT. But such programs could provide unvetted or harmful feedback if they’re not well regulated

An endangered language family suggests that early humans used their bodies as a model for reality

With AI threatening to overtake the world of work, at least one pretty good job will always be in demand

Experts explain why tick-borne illnesses are increasing in the U.S. and offer tips to prevent bites

Though you might not be able to significantly rev up your metabolism, there are ways to boost the energy your body burns while doing nothing

In 2013 a new user named Cleo took an online math forum by storm with unproved answers. Today she’s an urban legend. But who was she?

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We can generalize the Wedderburn--Artin theorem from rings to rigs.  ( 6 min )

We can generalize the Wedderburn--Artin theorem from rings to rigs.  ( 6 min )

I have just submitted a book, entitled Waves in an Impossible Sea, to my publisher, Basic Books (a trade press well known for Gödel, Escher, Bach, as well as numerous other science and math titles.) If all goes smoothly, it will go on sale in March 2024 or thereabouts. Now that it is mostly done, ... Read more  ( 15 min )

We've been shipping NeRFs to Google Maps for a few months now. As of this morning, you can read about how we do it: ai.googleblog.com/2023/06/re…

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I also think it's a mistake to frame the other Republican candidates as "taking on Trump." These are ambitious politicians who are running because they want to be president themselves, not because they are motivated to save the party or country from Trump nitter.net/BenjySarlin/status/1669008410967175171#m

Ever since making his comic-book debut on 5 June 1962, Marvel Comics’ Spider-Man has been part of the American zeitgeist and a big-screen mainstay that has swung his way into our hearts through various cinematic incarnations and studio reboots. From Nicholas Hammond to Tobey Maguire, Andrew Garfield, and Tom Holland, each actor brought a new […]  ( 9 min )

"Language change (about to be?) in progress" (6/12/2023) linked to media commentary on divergent features of Northeast Philadelphia speech, e.g. "Side effect of the highway collapse: A perfect example of Northeast Philly hoagiemouth", Billy Penn 6/11/2-23. Some of the characterization was extremely evaluative: Philadelphians have perfected torturing vowels like medieval Europe perfected torturing people. Every […]  ( 10 min )

How many are there? Taiwan’s unrecognized indigenous tribes are reviving dead languages to achieve recognition There are currently 16 officially recognized indigenous peoples in Taiwan. The Pingpu — which comprise 10 groups on the island’s lowlands — are lobbying to make that number 17, and they’re doing it by reviving lost languages and culture. By […]  ( 15 min )

Though it’s hard to get transparent data, @ryanlcooper’s calculations suggest Tesla’s self-driving cars have at least a 10x higher fatality rate than human drivers. prospect.org/justice/06-13-2…

Cyberpunk Radio 📌 research.newlife.io 📌 Kera Desktop Gourdlets 📌 End of the Internet 📌  ( 1 min )

It is an alarming and evocative statistic: An estimated 80 percent of climate migrants are women. The number is frequently cited by activists, policymakers, and the media, but its origins are murky. A close look at the available evidence suggests it stands on shaky scientific ground.  ( 13 min )

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Labor productivity down 1.2 percent in wholesale trade and 0.4 percent in retail trade in 2022 bls.gov/opub/ted/2023/labor-… #BLSdata

Labor productivity down 1.2 percent in wholesale trade and 0.4 percent in retail trade in 2022 bls.gov/opub/ted/2023/labor-… #BLSdata

See our interactive graphics on today’s new Consumer Price Index data bls.gov/charts/consumer-pric… #CPI #BLSdata #DataViz

Real average hourly earnings for all employees increase 0.3% in May bls.gov/news.release/realer.… #RealEarnings #BLSdata

CPI for all items rises 0.1% in May; shelter and used cars and trucks up bls.gov/news.release/cpi.nr0… #BLSdata

Crispy chunks of deep-fried battered chicken in a sweet, sour, and savory glaze packed with sesame flavor. The Chinese take-out classic, made in your own kitchen. seriouseats.com/the-best-chi…

Tomie dePaola’s book is full of chaos, bad pasta, and mixed-up lessons about doing the right thing. seriouseats.com/why-i-hate-s…

Vodka's volatility, plus the way its high alcohol content inhibits gluten development, makes it ideal for using in fry batters. seriouseats.com/use-vodka-fo…

Cooking rice in the microwave doesn’t take any less time, but it's convenient for other reasons: It saves valuable space on your stovetop when you need just one or two portions of rice, and it cuts down on cleanup. seriouseats.com/how-to-steam…

We went through our equipment reviews to find the best Breville products, including our favorite espresso machine and air fryer toaster oven. seriouseats.com/best-brevill…

To pack your favorite cookie recipe with optimal flavor and texture, try a mix-and-match approach to chocolate chips. seriouseats.com/the-best-sup…

Cooking down whole yellow mustard seeds in seasoned vinegar simultaneously plumps them up and tames their intense burn, for a condiment or garnish that's sweet, briny, and mildly hot. seriouseats.com/pickled-must…

We’ve tested a variety of knife storage options and can safely say the Jonathan Alden magnetic knife strip is one of our favorite ways to store blades. seriouseats.com/jonathan-ald…

Lightly sweet and floral blueberries are blended with rich Greek yogurt in these flavor-packed frozen pops. seriouseats.com/blueberry-yo…

Fat-like compounds in ancient rocks point to a vast array of previously unknown microbes that once dominated complex life on Earth trib.al/5GMtY1v

To learn how to choose a secure password, you need to understand how hackers do their work. trib.al/iN6txa8

Hurricane forecasters are debuting a new model they hope will better predict when some storms will suddenly and explosively intensify trib.al/LnahQD2

Next Tuesday, June 13, at 16:00 UTC, I am giving a talk on inferring the number of components in a mixture at the international online IAU-IAA Astrostats and Astroinfo seminar. As pointed out by my Cornell friend Tom Loredo, it is unfortunately clashing with the ISI quadrenial Statistical Challenges in Modern Astronomy meeting help at […]  ( 6 min )

Next Tuesday, June 13, at 16:00 UTC, I am giving a talk on inferring the number of components in a mixture at the international online IAU-IAA Astrostats and Astroinfo seminar. As pointed out by my Cornell friend Tom Loredo, it is unfortunately clashing with the ISI quadrenial Statistical Challenges in Modern Astronomy meeting help at […]  ( 6 min )

Evaluating Stuart Webber's six years at Norwich City #NCFC trainingground.guru/articles…

The fact that we have to post this make me sad. Where is our balance. How many things do trump have to do to show he is not what y’all think!! And it’s amazing now the people who backed him up and all his bullshit is now turning on him. They should be shown the door too they helped him do all that evil shit. THEY SHOULD NOT GET TO STAY IN OFFICE.

French chemist Louis Pasteur thought magnetic fields might somehow explain “homochirality,” but its origin has remained one of biology’s great mysteries. scim.ag/2ZH

Segregation doubled the odds of some Black children dying in U.S. cities 100 years ago. New research by @BeahboutIT and @jdavidhacker612 shows structural racism in the 1900s harmed Black health in ways still being felt today. Me for @NewsfromScience science.org/content/article/…

This (obviously) awesome movie has a terrible message for creatives Continue reading on The Writing Cooperative »  ( 9 min )

You can write fresh content even when you’re out of fresh insights Continue reading on The Writing Cooperative »  ( 13 min )

4 tips to promote your book Continue reading on The Writing Cooperative »  ( 12 min )

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Unlike some other spiders that camouflage themselves with drab colors and sticklike appendages, this jumping spider disguises itself by crawling like an ant. scim.ag/2ZF @NewsfromScience

New studies in Science & @SciImmunology spotlight a group of intestinal T cells with α4β7 integrin receptors that could be targeted to prevent resistance to immune checkpoint blockade #cancer immunotherapy. scim.ag/2ZC scim.ag/2ZD scim.ag/2ZB

This week’s issue of #ScienceSignaling has arrived!  #SARSCoV2 infections, scientists explore how the conformation of a kinase shapes its substrate specificity, and more. scim.ag/2Zv

An ingestible capsule is capable of modulating the hunger-regulating hormone, ghrelin, by electrical stimulation of the gastric mucosa in pigs. @SciRobotics scim.ag/2Zs

A lack of credibility in climate policy leaves the world at high risk for missing global #climate targets, argues a new #SciencePolicyForum. scim.ag/2Zr

An avid baker and native of Grand Isle, Vermont, Donna Sue Shaw started to offer homemade treats to the public from a shed in her front yard during the height of the COVID-19 pandemic. It was Shaw's hope that passersby would use the shed as a place to stop and refuel as they traveled along the bike trail that traverses the island. Although she initially envisioned the bakery as a diversion, her pies were so good that it quickly became a destination in and of itself.  Shaw sources most of her ingredients locally and sells her wares on an honor system. There is no cash register, rather a paper log, Venmo QR codes, and a bird house where you can leave cash to pay for whatever you take. Along with sweet and savory pies, she sells granola, local maple syrup, cookies, scones and cakes, all made from scratch in her home kitchen.  ( 13 min )

Dr. McCredy had this bath cut into the sandstone on the shore at Corrie on the Isle of Arran, Scotland, in 1835 to treat his patients with seawater therapy. Measuring around 12 feet long, five feet wide, and five feet deep, the Doctor’s Bath could accommodate several patients at any one time. It features a number of channels that allow the basin to fill up with seawater when the tide reached a certain level, before the water actually got as high as the bath itself.  Thalassotherapy, or seawater therapy, became popular in the 18th and 19th centuries. Swimming or wading in the ocean, seawater pools, and heated saltwater baths were common.  ( 12 min )

One of West Virginia’s tallest waterfalls can be found outside of Gauley Bridge, where Cane Creek drops some 60 feet over a rocky ledge of sandstone and shale. The waterfall is located just off of Highway 60, and can be seen with just a short walk from the parking area.  ( 12 min )

The Florida Bass Conservation Center was established in 2005 at the site of the old 1965 Richloam Hatchery and is the major freshwater fish production hatchery in the state of Florida, restocking the entire state. A self-guided educational information center upstairs shares information on various subspecies of bass and freshwater species and includes alligator meat recipes, taxidermy, and two aquariums filled with local flora and fauna. Surrounding the site are hiking trails and stocked fishing ponds. Tours of the hatchery are free.  ( 12 min )

There were times when Alphonso Anderson didn’t think his small restaurant was going to make it. At the height of the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020, his business cratered. Up until that point, Big Al’s Deli had relied heavily on catering sports games, celebrations, and other events within the local community—all of which ceased overnight. “I said, we're going to have to shut down,” Anderson remembers. “We don't even make enough money to pay bills.”  Then, in a true deus ex machina moment, Anderson received a call from chef José Andrés of the non-profit World Central Kitchen. “They sent me over a calendar for a year's worth of catering,” he says. “And they asked, ‘How much of this do you want?’ I said, ‘I'll take it all.’”  Fast-forward to the present and Big Al’s Deli continues to thrive, b…  ( 13 min )

There were times when Alphonso Anderson didn’t think his small restaurant was going to make it. At the height of the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020, his business cratered. Up until that point, Big Al’s Deli had relied heavily on catering sports games, celebrations, and other events within the local community—all of which ceased overnight. “I said, we're going to have to shut down,” Anderson remembers. “We don't even make enough money to pay bills.”  Then, in a true deus ex machina moment, Anderson received a call from chef José Andrés of the non-profit World Central Kitchen. “They sent me over a calendar for a year's worth of catering,” he says. “And they asked, ‘How much of this do you want?’ I said, ‘I'll take it all.’”  Fast-forward to the present and Big Al’s Deli continues to thrive, b…  ( 13 min )

Mortimer, North Carolina, was once a mill town for the Ritter Lumber Company. The town’s construction began in 1904, but a flood of Wilson Creek in 1940 ruined the town and prompted the residents to leave. It is reported that U.S. President Teddy Roosevelt once stayed at the Lauren Inn in the town. Today, the foundations of several buildings and some machinery from the mill can be explored freely by visitors.  ( 12 min )

Hidden away in the Vale de Canas near Coimbra, yet fully accessible to the public, stands Europe's tallest tree. This Eucalyptus diversicolor was planted in 1895 and survived devastating fires in 2005. It stands at 72 meters (236 feet)—taller than the Leaning Tower of Pisa! It's worth noting that right next to "Karri Knight" stands the tallest Bunya Pine (Araucaria bidwillii) in the world, overshadowed by its neighbor.  ( 12 min )

A huge staircase, surrounded by sculptures, hides the entrance to the modern art gallery on each mezzanine. In the outer part, full of greenery, one can just sit and enjoy the view of Yerevan and Mount Ararat.  The gallery was designed by architects Jim Torosyan, Aslan Mkhitaryan, and Sargis Gurzadyanand. The first part was built in 1971-1980, the second in 2002, and additional elements are still in process. In front of the gallery is a cozy park with statues, where you can just sit and enjoy the art around you or visit one of many cafés around this magicial place.  ( 12 min )

Swampy may serve as an office for a simple roadside zoo, but his construction is anything but simple. Located in the census-designated place of Christmas, Florida, too small to be a town, Swampy shares his home with the post office many children send their letters to Santa, and a park commemorating the Seminole wars of Florida. It is unexpected to be driving down a rural, jungle-backdropped state road, and suddenly happen upon the world's largest alligator-shaped building. But there he exists, sitting unchallenged for decades.  ( 12 min )

The Theatro Municipal de São Paulo, or the Municipal Theater of São Paulo, is located in the city center of Brazil's largest city. In the early 20th century, the elites of São Paulo wanted a venue to welcome the greatest performers of the day, from opera sopranos to ballet dancers. The Theater was, and still is, one of the main architectural and cultural landmarks in the city. Construction on the building began in 1903 and its design was largely inspired by the Opera Garnier in Paris. Architect Ramos de Azevedo designed the massive theater with the help of Italian architects Cláudio Rossi and Domiziano Rossi. The theater eventually opened eight years later in 1911, and today is located in the city center, next to the Anhangabaú Valley. Over the years, some of the 20th century's most re…  ( 13 min )

The Phoenicians founded the city of Ibiza in the 7th century B.C. in modern-day Spain. Later, the Carthaginians made the island their base of operations for the conquest of ancient Hispania. Both the Phoenicians and Carthaginians buried their dead in places not far from their settlements. So while the walled city of the living grew,  today known as Dalt Vila, some 550 yards away on the nearby hill of Puig des Molins, the city's necropolis also grew. The name Puig des Molins can be loosely translated to "Windmill Hill," so called because windmills covered the hill as far back as the 15th century. Today, the Puig de Molins Necropolis archaeological complex is adjacent to an accompanying museum highlighting the site's history. The necropolis is one of the largest in the Mediterranean. Estim…  ( 14 min )

The Clifton Suspension Bridge is one of Bristol's most recognizable landmarks, but not many of the people who walk across it don't know about the 12 vaulted chambers hidden below the Leigh Woods Tower. In 1831, the young engineer Isambard Kingdom Brunel was awarded the contract to build the Clifton Suspension Bridge, intended to be the highest and longest bridge in the world. Immediately, the project was plagued by problems and was eventually abandoned altogether in 1853. Brunel died in 1859, leaving the bridge only half completed. His plans and drawings of the Leigh Woods abutment were lost, and the 12 enormous vaulted chambers inside were forgotten.  The bridge was later completed in 1864, but it wasn't until the early 21st century that the chambers were rediscovered. A builder carrying out some repairs on the bridge found the mysterious vaults in 2002. Today, the vaults are now open to visitors between April and October each year. Two of the biggest chambers can be explored as part of a guided visit, where it is possible to see stalactites almost 23 feet long and squeeze through a small passageway into an enormous cathedral-style hall with amazing echoing acoustics.  ( 13 min )

Thousands of glass beads colored cobalt, orange, emerald, and inky black sit in a bowl at Judia Lalampaa’s side. With the skill of a spider spinning prey, her long fingers dart between the bowl and the metal frame on her lap, twisting each bead into place with precision and purpose. The careful construction of a mporo, a traditional beaded necklace of Kenya’s Samburu people, has begun. It’ll take her all day to complete just this one, but its jewel-like beads tell stories descended from time immemorial: those passed from mother to daughter. She has to take her time. Today Lalampaa wears several mporo necklaces from her vast personal collection, each displaying radiant hues of turquoise, green, luminous yellows, and more. “Each shade signifies something sacred to the Samburu,” she says as…  ( 20 min )

Summer is here, and for many of us that means it’s time to get outside. Whether you’re a beach person who can’t wait to uncover sandy wonders, a hiker hoping to catch the last of California’s superbloom, or a gardener tending a new peanut butter fruit tree (it’s really a thing), summer invites us into nature, and encourages us to engage with the unknown. And if you’re like us, you’re probably hunting for a book to bring along on the adventure—or inspire one! Atlas Obscura has put together this list of some of our favorite nature and wilderness books to help you along. How Far the Light Reaches: A Life in Ten Sea Creatures by Sabrina Imbler A mile from the San Francisco Bay, a 13-year-old Sabrina Imbler staged a protest at a Petco. She was there on behalf of the common goldfish, deter…  ( 20 min )

Listen and subscribe on Stitcher, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and all major podcast apps. In this episode of The Atlas Obscura Podcast, we learn about a unique resort in White Sulphur Springs, West Virginia, that holds a once-secret congressional fallout shelter. Our podcast is an audio guide to the world’s wondrous, awe-inspiring, strange places. In under 15 minutes, we’ll take you to an incredible site, and along the way you’ll meet some fascinating people and hear their stories. Join us daily, Monday through Thursday, to explore a new wonder with cofounder Dylan Thuras and a neighborhood of Atlas Obscura reporters.  ( 13 min )

New online journal seeks to seeks to bring together the MIT community to discuss the social responsibilities of individuals who design, implement, and evaluate technologies.  ( 8 min )

We should set ourselves the goal of doing things in space that make people here and elsewhere look up and say, “Wow, the Kiwis are doing that? That’s AWESOME!”  ( 11 min )

We have some fantastic speakers this Sunday at the 10th Workshop on Fine-Grained Visual Categorization at @CVPR nitter.net/fgvcworkshop/status/1668681561829416960#m

One of the first studies of long COVID has been retracted and replaced seven months after editors marked it with an expression of concern citing “data errors.”  The original paper, “6-month consequences of COVID-19 in patients discharged from hospital: a cohort study,” was published in The Lancet in January 2021. It was “the first large … Continue reading Highly cited Lancet long COVID study retracted and republished  ( 8 min )

Democrats' brutal 14D-3R gerrymander in Illinois keeps all but #IL17 off the playing field in 2024, though two other incumbents are at serious risk of being primaried. @Redistrict reports: cookpolitical.com/analysis/h…

my digital footprint precedes me  ( 1 min )

unfortunate that if i wanted to be a politician i’d have to address my time shilling beef to the public  ( 1 min )

I'm very excited that this paper is out, it has been over 2 years in the making! I started at Google Research speeding up neural net training, but was often frustrated when we didn't know how to declare a win over Adam 🚀

Fat-like compounds in ancient rocks point to a vast array of previously unknown microbes that once dominated complex life on Earth

Ontario and Quebec could see wildfires grow more intense and frequent as a changing climate brings unusually hot and dry conditions

Men and women often disagree on how much support women receive from male colleagues. The differences hurt women’s well-being at work

To craft a better password, first learn how people crack them

The MAPLE experiment was able to wirelessly transfer collected solar power to receivers in space and direct energy to Earth

Telltale evidence gathered by the James Webb Space Telescope suggests we’re closer than ever before to finding elusive Population III stars

Rainbow lorikeets are Australia’s most abundant native bird. What is paralyzing thousands of them every year?

to who ever said my posts are so good they deserve to be hanged up at the walls at mcdonalds. Thank you  ( 1 min )

Bitch of Reddit: Duhh we broke our web site. Can we use yours ME: suck my Penis reddit Troll trash. Go stink up "9GAG" with your Reddit Fail  ( 1 min )

Plus: Suni Lee's return to competition; Minnesota invests in child tax credit; Pizza Luce sued over pay; and more.  ( 6 min )

Those seeking a job with a federal contractors and most federal agencies will be rejected if they say they have used marijuana. Those applying for help with housing, if it involves federal funding, will also continue to be asked about their drug use.  ( 19 min )

Please stop writing these scaremongering pieces about neighborhoods and public transit systems that are near and dear to my heart.  ( 10 min )

Thank — or blame — the troubled Southwest Light Rail Transit project for the bipartisan view that big changes are needed at the Met Council.  ( 15 min )

Many mental health organizations and companies are struggling to provide services and care in response to a sharp escalation in demand, and some are turning to chatbots and AI, even though clinicians are still trying to figure out how to effectively deploy them, and for what conditions.  ( 32 min )

Rural parts of Michigan, Wisconsin, and Minnesota had bigger gains in population last year than the rest of rural America.  ( 13 min )

Cheri Johnson began writing what would become “The Girl in Duluth,” a novel that looks at the story of sex trafficking in Northern Minnesota from the eyes of a high school student.  ( 12 min )

Plus: Concern over multiple shootings in Brooklyn Park; blackout license plates coming to a road near you; burned down building in Uptown an 'eye sore'; and more.  ( 7 min )

We tested six popcorn makers to see which ones popped the best-tasting popcorn, had the fewest unpopped kernels, and were easy to set up and clean.  ( 24 min )

The secret to this bracingly spicy, sweet, tart, salty, icy, and refreshing Mexican drink is to use the most flavorful mango and chamoy possible. That means buying frozen or canned mango pulp and making the chamoy from scratch.  ( 19 min )

1. Further reason to discount Grusch.  And commentary from Ross.  Nonetheless here is a look at the more serious evidence. 2. How culture normalizes patriarchy. 3. The UK plans to lead on AI.  Says Sunak.  And a few of you have been asking for more Macca content, so here is Macca on AI, not the […] The post Tuesday assorted links appeared first on Marginal REVOLUTION.         Comments In reply to Hazel Meade. There isn't so much difference ... by So Much For Subtlety In reply to Formerly K. “He's not really a philosopher in ... by Todd K In reply to Equestrian. What is a blue jay? What is an eagle? ... by Equestrian In reply to Etalon d’Silomar. The natural order of things ... by It's never been a better time to be teeth... In reply to Zote. 🥱 by EdR Plus 10 more...  ( 6 min )

Kyle Harper’s Plagues Upon the Earth is a remarkable accomplishment that weaves together microbiology, history, and economics to understand the role of diseases in shaping human history. Harper, an established historian known for his first three books on Rome and late antiquity, has an impressive command of virology, bacteriology, and parasitology as well as history […] The post Plagues Upon the Earth appeared first on Marginal REVOLUTION.         Comments In reply to dearieme. And now that the likelihood of a lab ... by RAD In reply to JonFraz. Don't be daft. It would have been clear ... by dearieme In reply to God of Thunder. And one can believe that it was ... by Atanu Dey In reply to Based. One can believe authoritarians took ... by God of Thunder In reply to JonFraz. Skeletal remains show a high of around ... by Sure Plus 10 more...  ( 9 min )

This article is set in Canada, but some of these developments are more general: Vicky Varga, a twenty-four-year veteran of Edmonton Public Library, described how the city had moved toward fully integrating social work into the activities of its main library branch. “People really do seek this out, because it’s the last truly public space, […] The post The new public library? appeared first on Marginal REVOLUTION.         Comments In reply to mgregoire. Really never thought about that. At ... by Antony T In reply to Dinwar. You're catching a lot of flack for this ... by kwazii In reply to FC. Wow, novel idea- yore a deep thinker too. ... by Antony T In reply to Dinwar. What you don't get to do is tell people ... by So Much For Subtlety In reply to Lee. I too prefer libraries. In fact, I would ... by peri Plus 10 more... Related Stories What should I ask Ada Palmer? My excellent Conversation with Seth Godin *The Economic Government of the World, 1933-2023*  ( 7 min )

This paper shows how white migration out of the postbellum South diffused and entrenched Confederate culture across the United States at a critical juncture of westward expansion and postwar reconciliation. These migrants laid the groundwork for Confederate symbols and racial norms to become pervasive nationally in the early 20th century. Occupying positions of authority, former […] The post The Confederate Diaspora appeared first on Marginal REVOLUTION.         Comments In reply to Fiet. I couldn’t agree more, and it’s only ... by Old man yells at cloud This diaspora reached other countries too, my family moved to ... by BR reader In reply to M. It's because of all the stupid people and ... by Nope In reply to Old Programmer. That is not a fact. It is not ... by So Much For Subtlety In reply to Stan Sitwell. The argument of displaced who were ... by M Plus 10 more... Related Stories *The Economic Government of the World, 1933-2023* *Goodbye Eastern Europe* *Medieval Horizons: Why the Middle Ages Matter*  ( 6 min )

Also the CEO of Goldman Sachs is also a DJ, the managing director title, and Morgan Stanley interns projected in Times Square.  ( 2 min )

Final call for today’s blog on Swansea City’s finances #Swans nitter.net/SwissRamble/status/1668514472476942336#m

As new investors continue to arrive at Swansea City, here's a review of the club's finances, highlighting the impact of parachute payments stopping #Swans swissramble.substack.com/p/s…

the bigger point I'd like to make is that there is still a lot of stuff happening in the poll-aggregation space today — quants are not just moving to analyses of returns and candidate ideology, WAR, etc. that includes at ABC/538, which still exists! nitter.net/jaycaspiankang/status/1668609176686436352#m

my favorite author is penguin random house nitter.net/aedwardslevy/status/1668609276955205632#m

christie would be a less controversial president than trump, but at the same time it is beyond paradoxical for these low-win-probability, anti-trump candidates to be crowding the field. (this is where a strong party org w/ stronger informal endorsement pressures would be helpful) nitter.net/AccountableGOP/status/1668412984748539906#m

In an article, “AI chatbots learned to write before they could learn to think,” Jeffrey Funk and Gary Smith write: Gary recently wrote in Salon about the limitations and unwelcome consequences of GPT-3 and other large language models. After Jeffrey … Continue reading →  ( 14 min )

Details here.  ( 8 min )

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Here’s this week’s cartoon for @guardian_sport theguardian.com/football/ng-…

Looking forward to seeing Emi Martínez wave this about like it’s his wang. nitter.net/AlbicelesteTalk/status/1668238890363154435#m

The next event in the Salon Sanctuary concert series is "Victorious Secret: Love Gamed and Gender Untamed in the Sparkling Courts of the Baroque": Before the bars of gender binaries caged the mainstream operatic imagination, a golden age of fluidity guided the vocal soundscape. Virility declared itself with the castrato’s clarion high notes, while femininity […]  ( 11 min )

Main dish served as part of a college cafeteria lunch in Nanchang, China: On the left side it says:  zhè búshì máo ma? 这不是毛吗 "Isn't this hair?" On the right side it reads: āyí shuō shì yāròu 阿姨說是鴨肉 "Auntie [i.e., the cafeteria serving lady] says that it's duck meat." The photographs and the captions are from Andrew […]  ( 10 min )

Herbaria — collections of pressed, dried plant specimens — are important for scientific research. There are some 400 million samples stored across over 3,500 herbaria around the world. But most of those are located in Europe and the U.S., limiting former colonies’ capacity for botanical research.  ( 13 min )

Introduction Continue reading: Simplifying Model Formulas with the R Function ‘reformulate()’  ( 10 min )

Berlusconi: You were right about everything. I see that now. The modern world is so full of sin. A man close to the earth is a man close to God. The Unabomber: what do tits feel like

Interesting take on why libertarians are mostly men mattbruenig.com/2015/10/24/w…

1. Late entry is a bad strategy; very late entry is a hopeless strategy. nitter.net/costareports/status/1668451275959140352#m

In reply to David Speyer. Thanks David! About the Schubert calculus: you won't be surprised that this is how I came to think about this. And about the new notation: I'm sold, and I've made the change. (In the process, I noticed a number of small mistakes.) I had earlier learned from you the importance of wisely choosing names and notation, and this very much applies here.  ( 19 min )

In reply to Johann Birnick. You are right, and it is best to fix it to avoid needlessly confusing people, so I've now made the change you suggested. Thanks!  ( 12 min )

In reply to P878755. See above; you are both in some sense right!  ( 12 min )

In reply to David Petrie Moulton. You are right! The source of my cognitive error is that I wrote those complexes with subscripts rather than superscripts (for which the convention is that the d's would be *decreasing*, but I didn't say that). I've now fixed it, by (i) making the subscripts superscripts as they should have been, and then (ii) having w degree-decreasing as you said. Thanks!  ( 13 min )

JAX/XLA is really fast

This southwestern French specialty features individual cakes with a glassy, caramelized exterior contrasted with an impossibly custardy center. It's a project perfect for ambitious bakers. seriouseats.com/caneles-cann…

Our favorites include thermometers (duh), a timer, and even a small spatula. seriouseats.com/best-thermow…

This bold salty-sweet-sour-spicy Mexican sauce has roots in Asia, and is delicious on fresh raw fruit or paired with Tajín in an icy chamoyada or mangonada. seriouseats.com/chamoy-mexic…

We compiled a list of our favorite OXO gear from our equipment reviews, including coffee makers, bench scrapers, and plastic cutting boards. seriouseats.com/best-oxo-kit…

Our favorite model is currently on sale! seriouseats.com/oxo-drip-cof…

We tried to find the best ways to keep your sliced apples tasting and looking fresh. seriouseats.com/how-to-preve…

In under a minute, a kitchen fire can grow to an inferno beyond your control. That's why you need to be prepared. We talk to an FDNY lieutenant to learn the ins and outs of fire safety in the kitchen. seriouseats.com/how-to-not-b…

Dry-brined in a mixture of salt and baking soda then tossed in a balanced spice blend that packs subtle heat, this Cajun shrimp is tender, juicy, and packed full of flavor. seriouseats.com/cajun-shrimp…

This Japanese katsudon—fried cutlet and egg rice bowl—is the best use you're ever gonna get out of leftover fried chicken or pork cutlets. seriouseats.com/katsudon-jap…

Rich with pork and cornmeal, this humble Pennsylvania-Dutch specialty is perfect with eggs. seriouseats.com/scrapple-rec…

Labor productivity down in 37 states and the District of Columbia in 2022 bls.gov/opub/ted/2023/labor-… #BLSdata

If you’re at #SHRM23, we have a stat for that! Stop by our booth to learn about #BLSdata!

Labor productivity down in 37 states and the District of Columbia in 2022 bls.gov/opub/ted/2023/labor-…

Indigenous groups are developing data storage technology that gives users privacy and control. Could their work influence those fighting back against invasive apps? trib.al/06ykAf4

Here's how the winners of NASA's Deep Space Food Challenge are making food out of thin air trib.al/rOXUxv3

ChatGPT and other AI systems perform tasks they were not trained to do. It's surprising researchers, even those skeptical about large language models. trib.al/WJvmwLr

Taking 10,000 steps a day to maintain health is rooted not in science but in a marketing gimmick. So how do we determine an optimal step count for fitness? trib.al/ZwjJcAo

Advancements in medical technology and neuroscience are revolutionizing our understanding of the dying process. trib.al/s1AyEaJ

Killer whales in a group near Spain and Portugal may be teaching one another to mess with small boats. trib.al/6QqoxgA

The combination of a massive seaweed bloom, plastic in the ocean and climate change is increasing the risk of dangerous infections trib.al/OCCabCM

Good news: the world is discussing a treaty to stem plastic pollution. Bad news: fossil-fuel interests are trying to weaken it trib.al/oh4YlyE

Arousal without orgasm isn't dangerous, so why are people pressured to engage in unwanted sexual activity to avoid it? trib.al/wWz4kx8

Wind and solar produced more U.S. power than coal during the first five months of this year, as several coal plants closed and gas prices dropped trib.al/BAv9m8O

The most important and awe-inspiring science direct to your inbox. sciam.com/today

Listen to an interview with therapist Rebecca J. Lester (@psychanthro) on Science, Quickly to learn more about Ella’s diagnosis, treatment, and how she is doing today. bit.ly/43pTVBd

This is the story of “Ella” (pseudonym used to protect the patient’s privacy), a young woman with 12 different personalities that ranged in age from two to 16. @psychanthro scientificamerican.com/artic…

DID is usually treated by integrating fragmented parts—but that’s not the only solution. Learn how Rebecca Lester helped a patient with 12 identities form a community of selves in one individual. @Reddit AMA w/ @psychanthro teddit.net/r/IAmA/

New antiviral drugs could save thousands from COVID-19, influenza and other severe lung infections. [Sponsored by @Synairgenplc] scientificamerican.com/custo…

In the guise of collecting scientific data, data brokers are running a massive privacy invasion. Researchers should stop helping them | Opinion trib.al/L5epjlt

The destruction of the Kakhovka Dam threatens both agriculture and nature reserves, a Ukrainian conservationist says trib.al/UYcUhwC

New research shows surprising activity levels in dying brains and may help explain the sudden clarity many people with dementia experience near death trib.al/S9UrSEB  ( 1 min )

Wildfire smoke not only contains dangerous-to-breathe particles but also can react with urban air pollution to create toxic ozone trib.al/ei6FgPz

It’s at 4pm; see here for details.  ( 8 min )

Laura Wattenberg’s Namerology is always worth a read: [The above] u-turn curve, while accurate, is misleading. What looks like a return to earlier times is actually a revolution. And each of the three sections of the historical curve—flat, peak, and … Continue reading →  ( 10 min )

Team Ratings for Round 16 The basic method is described on my Department home page. Here are the team ratings prior to this week’s games, along with the ratings at the start of the season. Current Rating Rating at Season Start Difference Panthers 13.20 12.99 0.20 Rabbitohs 8.13 9.35 -1.20 Storm 6.39 11.21 -4.80 Eels […] NRL Predictions for Round 16 first appeared on Stats Chat.  ( 6 min )

Team Ratings for the Final The basic method is described on my Department home page. Here are the team ratings prior to this week’s games, along with the ratings at the start of the season. Current Rating Rating at Season Start Difference Stade Toulousain 8.12 6.34 1.80 La Rochelle 7.40 6.88 0.50 Bordeaux Begles 4.76 […] Top 14 Predictions for the Final first appeared on Stats Chat.  ( 5 min )

Team Ratings for the Semi-finals The basic method is described on my Department home page. Here are the team ratings prior to this week’s games, along with the ratings at the start of the season. Current Rating Rating at Season Start Difference Crusaders 17.44 17.95 -0.50 Blues 13.22 12.34 0.90 Chiefs 13.03 8.81 4.20 Hurricanes […] Super Rugby Predictions for the Semi-finals first appeared on Stats Chat.  ( 5 min )

Team Ratings for the Semi Finals The basic method is described on my Department home page. Here are the team ratings prior to this week’s games, along with the ratings at the start of the season. Current Rating Rating at Season Start Difference Cheetahs 4.78 4.67 0.10 Pumas 3.94 2.84 1.10 Sharks 1.51 -1.30 2.80 […] Currie Cup Predictions for the Semi Finals first appeared on Stats Chat.  ( 5 min )

Guided discrete diffusion to optimize protein and antibody sequences. @gruver_nate @samuel_stanton_ @nc_frey @timrudner, Isidro Hotzel, Julien Lafrance-Vanasse, Arvind Rajpal @kchonyc @andrewgwils arxiv.org/abs/2305.20009

You’d have to be a TNG fan to appreciate it though.

“Picard” redeems itself in Season 3. I almost didn’t watch it after Seasons 1 & 2.

Visit the post for more.  ( 6 min )

ross is cooking... nytimes.com/2023/06/12/opini…  ( 1 min )

Public confidence in vaccines has declined across sub-Saharan Africa since the #COVID19 pandemic, new research shows. scim.ag/2YU

The practice may protect rhinos, but it changes behavior and could have long-term consequences. scim.ag/2YQ

“There is a real desire for change.” @ScienceInsider—about the preliminary findings of a working group NIH established to address concerns that postdoc appointments are no longer an attractive option for early-career researchers. science.org/content/article/…

Postdocs in U.S. biomedical research labs should be paid better, even if it means supporting fewer of them. scim.ag/2YL

Researchers claim that Homo naledi, a small-brained human relative, buried its dead and made art long before our own species did. scim.ag/2YG

A new brain-spine interface has allowed a paralyzed man to walk more fluidly, navigate obstacles, and climb stairs. scim.ag/2YC

A new study suggests fear of society’s downfall stems from negative media and biased memory. scim.ag/2Y5

For more context, a good explainer science.org/content/article/… @NewsfromScience by @claulopezneuro

Side-stepping plant sex could dramatically lower the cost of high-yielding, hybrid crops, such as using helicopters to blow pollen from one rice strain to another. @NewsfromScience feature: scim.ag/2Y0

Last year, scientists used #AI to discover the potential presence of a nearly 1-million-year-old campfire at an archaeological site in Israel. #ScienceMagArchives scim.ag/2XW

A decision is due shortly on two related cases involving the admissions practices at Harvard University and the University of North Carolina. @ScienceInsider outlines seven things to know. ⬇️ scim.ag/2XN

Snow flies patrolling the frozen mountains of North America in search of mates have developed a unique adaptation to their hostile environment. scim.ag/2XM

President Joe Biden is asking Congress for $35 million to begin planning a new national laboratory to study the impact of #ClimateChange on disadvantaged communities. scim.ag/2XK  ( 1 min )

New lab studies suggest #SARSCoV2 causes brain cells to stick together, but more research is needed to determine the overall significance. scim.ag/2XI

By systematically citing other papers published by Saveetha faculty—including papers on completely unrelated topics—the undergraduate publications have helped dramatically inflate the number of citations linked to Saveetha Dental College. scim.ag/2XH

Replacing worn-out batteries in animal tracking devices can be a time-consuming, expensive duty for wildlife scientists. It’s stressful for the animals, too.  scim.ag/2XF

Comb jellies may have descended from the "sister to all other animals." scim.ag/2XE

The sheriff of Franklin County, Ohio, has received an order to seize and sell property of Carlo Croce, a cancer researcher at The Ohio State University in Columbus, to pay his nearly $1.1 million debt to lawyers who represented him in failed libel and defamation suits.  Last December, a judge ordered Croce to pay $1,098,642.80, … Continue reading Judge orders cancer researcher’s art collection seized to pay fees from failed libel suit  ( 7 min )

Thirty randomized clinical trials involving a researcher in Egypt who has already had six papers retracted show signs of research misconduct and data fabrication, according to the authors of a recent preprint.  Ben Mol, one of the authors of the preprint and a professor of obstetrics and gynecology at Monash University in Australia, has spent … Continue reading Data sleuth flags 30 randomized clinical trials from researcher in Egypt  ( 11 min )

Alliteration is old hat — but do you know what Anadiplosis is? Continue reading on The Writing Cooperative »  ( 9 min )

What Aristotle said in the fourth century BC is still true today Continue reading on The Writing Cooperative »  ( 8 min )

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The prolific polymath Thomas Young made substantial contributions as a physicist, physician, physiologist, philologist, Egyptologist, and writer, argues biographer Andrew Robinson. @SciMagBooks: scim.ag/2YT

Despite the importance of nonhuman primates, reference genomes have been sequenced in <10% of species. scim.ag/2YN #PrimateGenomes

A new @ScienceTM study in pregnant marmosets shows that previous infection with #dengue virus exacerbates #Zika infection in placenta and fetal brain tissue. scim.ag/2YE

"The lessons I was learning as a basketball coach helped me find my footing as a scientific leader." #ScienceWorkingLife, a #PhD student writes about finding research leadership skills on the basketball court. @ScienceCareers scim.ag/2Y4

A new @SciSignal study in mice reveals a molecular cascade in cells called #astrocytes that induces water influx and brain swelling after #stroke, which can be treated by blocking proteins in the cascade. scim.ag/2Y1

2020’s #COVID19 lockdowns altered mammal movements worldwide, new research finds. The results illustrate how human activities constrain animal movement and how animals react when those activities cease. scim.ag/2XR #SciencePerspective: scim.ag/2XQ

Urinary tract infections (UTIs) reoccur easily, in part, because resident memory T (TRM) cells are slow to establish immune memory, finds a new @SciImmunology study in mice. scim.ag/2XL

A recent Science study considers the wide-ranging effects that transposable elements impose on the genomic architecture of placental mammals. scim.ag/2XJ #Zoonomia

The #liver has an uncanny ability to repair and regenerate itself, and new research in mice suggests that the suppression of #cholesterol synthesis by the protein UHRF2 could be important for the process. @SciSignal scim.ag/2XG

[This is a guest post by Chris Button] OC uvulars tended to condition rounding (e.g OC q- becoming EMC kw-). In the case of ʁ-, we sometimes get m- (for a modern-day example, note how惟, which also had a ʁ- onset in Old Chinese, gives an m- reflex in Fuzhou Min). The classic example is […]  ( 8 min )

Current big news around here is the collapse of an elevated section of Interstate 95 due to a tanker truck fire. As Wikipedia explains, I-95 "is the main north–south Interstate Highway on the East Coast of the United States, running from U.S. Route 1 (US 1) in Miami, Florida, north to the Houlton–Woodstock Border Crossing […]  ( 14 min )

The Opt Out Project If data is the new oil, then I'm here to help you go electric. [pahool]  ( 1 min )

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my personal email is a minefield i occasionally tiptoe through for verification codes  ( 1 min )

Non-Executive Director Graeme Sharp is one of three @Everton Board members to have today left their roles. #EFC trainingground.guru/articles…

My time at Southampton FC has come to an end. Grateful to have been given the opportunity to work in the Premier League for the last 4 seasons. I want to wish the club, players, staff and the fans all the best for the future. 😇 Now ready for a new opportunity……..🧤⚽️

"I’m an Academy specialist. I have worked at adult level and it was ok. When I started working with and educating young people, yeah, I loved that." @DeasunO trainingground.guru/articles… nitter.net/ground_guru/status/1668216960432078850#m

Newcastle United is very clear with their intentions to be a Top 4 clubs. This is a very strong Scouting Dept. nitter.net/ground_guru/status/1668192798506459140#m

"Maybe in Academies people are more early career. Having that person pulling everything together, linking in with the other departments, someone with a little bit of grey hair, is so important." @DeasunO trainingground.guru/articles…

Tributes have been paid to @Everton Academy Recruitment Manager Ian Lavery, who has died following a short illness. trainingground.guru/articles…

Expect Russell Martin to be announced as Southampton's new Head Coach within the next 48 hours. Compensation demands of Swansea have been the sticking point, but close to being resolved.

And the soon to be 3rd Sport Republic team.... Valenciennes FC 😇

.@stokecity Chief Scout @TommyCoakley has been appointed Senior Scout @afcbournemouth trainingground.guru/bulletin…

Great appointment 💪🏻

Newcastle United have completed their new Academy recruitment department - and it looks pretty formidable #NUFC trainingground.guru/articles… 👇👇👇

🚨 CLOSES TOMORROW (at 9am)! @BurnleyOfficial trainingground.guru/jobs-lis…

📊 @joeferrelly is leaving @Everton after four years to become Head of Data and Research for Sport Republic, working for @SouthamptonFC and @Goztepe in Turkey. #SaintsFC #Everton trainingground.guru/articles…

The application process for the UEFA Pro Licence 2024/25 is now open. Please follow the link to apply - apply.thefa.com/course/125

Interesting clip from April 2022 trainingground.guru/articles… nitter.net/SkySportsNews/status/1515636762734903298#m

Have a high-pitched voice? It might be in your genes go.nature.com/3J3Fefq

Energy-drink ingredient taurine offers striking health benefits in mice, monkeys and worms. But more work is needed to investigate its link with ageing. go.nature.com/3Cm6WAf

How I use science to protect my people’s birthright go.nature.com/3N5Ffk8

Why are the Canadian wildfires so bad this year? go.nature.com/3NoJR68

Starting in October, NIH will require foreign subawardees to send copies of their lab notebooks and data to the PI every 3 months. @Nature: nature.com/articles/d41586-0…

NIH to intensify scrutiny of foreign grant recipients in wake of COVID origins debate go.nature.com/3Nps7Yv

Regulators will decide whether a gene therapy for Duchenne muscular dystrophy is ready for the market. Here’s what’s at stake for children with the disease, their families and the gene-therapy field go.nature.com/3oZ5HDW

Cholera bacteria turn slime into an offensive weapon go.nature.com/3p21gYU

Ukraine dam collapse: what scientists are watching go.nature.com/43Y5fEV

The high cost of ‘reformatting’ prompts a call for journals to change their requirements go.nature.com/460puDK

On a promontory extending into Sydney Harbor, New South Wales, Australia, are a primitive bench and steps hand-hewn into the exposed sandstone rock. The seating area was carved on-site in 1810 by convicted laborers. It was created for Elizabeth Henrietta Macquarie, the wife of Major-General Lachlan Macquarie, who served as Governor of New South Wales from 1810 to 1821. Perched at the end of the peninsula that became known as Mrs. Macquarie's Point, it was a frequent resting spot for the Governor's wife. Her habit was to sit gazing over the harbor, hoping to spot ships arriving from and returning to her homeland, Great Britain. Many years later, that view would become one of the most recognizable harbor views in the world, including, as it does, the Sydney Opera House and the Sydney Harbo…  ( 14 min )

THIS ARTICLE IS ADAPTED FROM THE JUNE 10, 2023, EDITION OF GASTRO OBSCURA’S FAVORITE THINGS NEWSLETTER. YOU CAN SIGN UP HERE. Ice cream is more than a cooling summer treat; it’s a blank canvas. The pliability of churned, frozen cream makes it a great raw material to build upon—whether it’s covered in torched meringue to form a spiky, flaming mountain in Baked Alaska or shaped into a bombe floating in a sea of blackberry sauce to evoke a luminous, floating moon in Clair de Lune. Beyond ice cream’s shape-shifting abilities, it can also hold seemingly endless colors and flavors. I’ve had purple ube ice cream, red bean ice cream—both delicious—and even an unfortunate batch of cream-colored, wiener-studded Nathan’s hot dog–flavored ice cream that I can’t in good conscience recommend. This sum…  ( 18 min )

Benetos Skiadas, an ordinary fisherman, managed to revive the Greek Tradition by creating his unique, functional and hand made miniatures using materials only from the Cycladic land. And all these without making any draft or using any scientific instruments. He created them only by using the divine gifts with which he was born; observation, perception, and passion for creativity. The result is excellent and all the miniatures function in a perfect way. All his memories and personal experiences were strongly impressed on his mind and prompted him - with the help of his skillful hands- to revive the tradition and his dreams. The visitor can admire all types of Greek ships and the most important buildings around Cyclades.  ( 12 min )

This article is from Hakai Magazine, an online publication about science and society in coastal ecosystems. Read more stories like this at hakaimagazine.com. David Janka stands at the helm of the Auklet, an 18-meter charter boat that’s traveled Alaska’s waters longer than the region has been an American state. It’s the peak of summer as he putters into Snug Harbor, a shallow curve in a shoreline of Knight Island walled by towering cliffs and stands of cedar, spruce, and hemlock. He steers toward the beach, aiming for a potato-shaped rock the size of a Volkswagen Beetle. He’s here to take its picture. For 33 years, someone has traveled here each summer to photograph the unassuming boulder, nicknamed Mearns Rock. Collectively, the photos are an unexpected offshoot of one of the United …  ( 18 min )

Tucked away just off of 65th St and down a flight of stairs is a little oddities shop packed with all manner of bizarre items. Show up for Otto, the real human skeleton that was used in 1800s Odd Fellows rituals, and stay for the live medicinal leeches swimming around in apothecary jars. In between old gothic candelabras, you'll find a curated collection of antique books on the occult, handmade jewelry containing bones, a selection of weird local art, massive preserved insects, European taxidermy, funky vintage kitsch and Soviet posters. You can wander around this little space for hours and still notice new odd items.  ( 12 min )

This small but mighty waterfall is located in the rugged rainforest of the Catlins Conservation Park, deep in the south of New Zealand. It's off the beaten track adventure and a must-see in the region. Although Koropuku Falls is marked on local maps, the unofficial Koropuku Falls Walk that brings you to the base is listed only on a select few. And it’s not only the fantastic view of the waterfall that makes this area worth visiting, it’s the walk itself.  Many walking tracks in New Zealand are constructed and maintained by the Department of Conservation (DOC), and must meet a standard width for consistency. But here, you'll be walking single file as the winding path meanders intimately through the bush, bringing you up close and personal with the best of NZ native fauna and flora.  Lush ferns, mosses, lichens and native birdlife are abundant, even the tracks footing is made from pungas (native tree ferns) or nearby rocks from the stream. This magical walk offers a chance to experience being part of the bush, without disrupting the surrounding area.  The unique track was hand-made by two local men, Wayne and Peter, and is a labor of love spanning over 20 years. There is even a bench dedicated to their wives for the amount of time they've spent here. They still maintain the track to ensure safety and enjoyment.  The Catlins region has a rich Māori history, with abundant fresh seafood and forest food sources being a draw card for the first Polynesians. The remnants of their habitation are still found in the place names. In te reo Māori, Koropuku means lump or swelling. The good news is you can walk the track any time of the year. It offers a refreshing walk in the cooler months, or a reprieve from the heat in the warmer weather, with a secret beach and swimming area at the base of the waterfall.  ( 13 min )

During the Victorian era, a stint inside Ruthin Gaol was a fate close to death. Today, a visit serves as the perfect afternoon for fans of the macabre. Ruthin Gaol was built in the late 18th century to replace a smaller "correction center" that was forced to modernize because conditions were so poor. It was expanded over the years and continued to function as a prison until 1916. After, the site became a makeshift munitions factory during World War II before eventually being partially converted into a public library and office space. Today, a large chunk of the building serves as the only purpose-built Pentonville-style prison (a prison that focused on isolating inmates in individual cells) open to the public as a heritage attraction. Visitors are free to explore the cramped cells, where inmates spent the vast majority of their days alone, and witness the various forms of punishments dolled out for bad behavior. These ranged from a stint in the dark cell to a machine with a crank-shaft handle that prisoners were forced to turn thousands of times, despite it not actually serving any purpose. Visitors will also learn stories about some of those who once inhabited these walls.  ( 12 min )

Listen and subscribe on Stitcher, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and all major podcast apps. In this episode of The Atlas Obscura Podcast, listeners share travel experiences that have gone horribly, horribly wrong. Our podcast is an audio guide to the world’s wondrous, awe-inspiring, strange places. In under 15 minutes, we’ll take you to an incredible site, and along the way you’ll meet some fascinating people and hear their stories. Join us daily, Monday through Thursday, to explore a new wonder with cofounder Dylan Thuras and a neighborhood of Atlas Obscura reporters.  ( 12 min )

Among our crosswords and other puzzles, we feature linguistic challenges from around the world from puzzle aficionado and writer Alex Bellos. A PDF of the puzzle, as well as the solution, can be downloaded below. The Aboriginal Australians of Mornington Island in the Gulf of Carpenteria are known internationally for their dancing, their art—and their languages. The island off the north coast of the country has a population of about 1,200, made up mostly of the Lardil people, the original inhabitants, and the Kaidildt people, who were relocated there in the 1940s. Even though the island is poor, geographically isolated, and remote—more than 500 miles of Outback from Darwin and 1,400 miles from Sydney—the islanders’ culture is famous worldwide. Lardil dancers performed at the openi…  ( 16 min )

Horses are specially built to snooze on their hooves, but there’s a catch

Wind and solar produced more U.S. power than coal during the first five months of this year, as several coal plants closed and gas prices dropped

In the guise of collecting scientific data, data brokers are running a massive privacy invasion. Researchers should stop helping them

Here’s how the winners of NASA’s Deep Space Food Challenge are making food out of thin air

New research shows surprising activity levels in dying brains and may help explain the sudden clarity many people with dementia experience near death

The party drug MDMA could soon be approved for treating people with severe PTSD.

Absolutely floored that @QueerinAI paper was selected for Best Paper award at @FAccTConference !!! It is such a honor, congrats to all my coauthors #FAccT2023  ( 1 min )

👀 Curious about how to answering causal queries of mixed-type data? @javaloyML #NormalizingFlows #CausalInference nitter.net/javaloyML/status/1667154628998230020#m  ( 1 min )

By Martin Daunton, retired economic historian from Cambridge.  1024 pp., and full of information, so yes many people should read this book.  It is a major achievement, but somehow I wanted something with more economics and a sharper framework?  Here is a very positive Adam Tooze FT review, who describes the narrative as “postheroic and […] The post *The Economic Government of the World, 1933-2023* appeared first on Marginal REVOLUTION.         Comments In reply to Dismalist. I have always maintained that being an ... by Chimela Caesar In reply to Chimela Caesar. And just before then, the blurb ... by Dismalist “It is a major achievement, but somehow I wanted something ... by Chimela Caesar From the Amazon description: “Daunton calls for a return to ... by Chimela Caesar In reply to Equestrian. There is precision, accuracy, and ... by Equestrian Plus 10 more... Related Stories *Goodbye Eastern Europe* *Medieval Horizons: Why the Middle Ages Matter* What should I ask Ada Palmer?  ( 6 min )

1. Brian Chau on how economists see AI. 2. Misha Saul reviews Louise Perry on sex and agency. 3. MIE: “Enter Gensyn, a blockchain-based marketplace protocol connecting developers (anyone who is able to train a machine learning model) with solvers (anyone who wants to train a machine learning model). By tapping into the long tail of […] The post Monday assorted links appeared first on Marginal REVOLUTION.         Comments In reply to mkt42. The problem is that you use the word ... by Michael Thomas In reply to Insight, something even scarcer than context. ... by Anonymous #2. A simpler interpretation. Feminism has focused on making it ... by Funny In reply to Sailor. True free-ranging chickens would quickly ... by Anti-Gnostic In reply to Anti-Gnostic. Watch the movie Chicken People. ... by steve Plus 10 more...  ( 6 min )

Beauty has its privileges. Studies reliably show that the most physically attractive among us tend to get more attention from parents, better grades in school, more money at work and more satisfaction from life. A study published in January in the Journal of Economics and Business found that good-looking banking CEOs take in over $1 […] The post Lookism on the rampage appeared first on Marginal REVOLUTION.         Comments In reply to Rebes. Commiserate with Tyler, same as we do for ... by It's obvious In reply to Well yes. Plus, a lot of women are attracted to ... by Ooglay In reply to UBERMENCH. Isn't it possible that it gets a ... by In addition In reply to Dinwar. So you think she would look better today ... by anonprof In reply to Friedrich Niche. “ressentiment” Is that ... by Robert M. Plus 10 more... Related Stories Web 3.0 has a future after all Mark Zandi on changing odds of recession Free Formatting For All on First Submission!  ( 6 min )

That is the theme of my latest Bloomberg column, here is one excerpt: I fully expect the ideas behind Web 3.0 to make a major comeback — as the legal and institutional framework for AI bots. It’s worth thinking through how this might work. Say you run a charity and want to create and distribute […] The post Web 3.0 has a future after all appeared first on Marginal REVOLUTION.         Comments I would be curious what of Tyler's more ridiculous predictions ... by Andrew Smith > Web 3.0 as the legal and institutional framework for AI bots. ... by Earnest I find this unlikely. Distributed compute is wildly ... by n No owner? I don't get that. At all. What protections would it ... by Neurotic In reply to Crusader. Even the MLMs arguably aren’t ... by Utah raised Plus 10 more... Related Stories Economics, Hayek, and Large Language Models Air Pollution Redux Mark Zandi on changing odds of recession  ( 7 min )

Plus: Mayo Clinic looking into ChatGPT; Mpox cases confirmed in Minnesota; no marijuana on some college campuses; and more.  ( 8 min )

Despite being new to the peer recovery space, Refocus Recovery has quickly become the leading recipient of state Medicaid dollars going toward peer addiction recovery support, raising questions among other providers.  ( 29 min )

The legal route by the Fond du Lac Band to take on the project formerly known as PolyMet was the first of its kind, as was the outcome. And it could have broader implications for tribes and industry in Minnesota going forward.  ( 25 min )

Fifty years after the Time magazine cover story touting Minnesota as the nation's model state, it's time to reassess.  ( 35 min )

Smith wrote for the Star Tribune and Pioneer Press and later served for 10 years as president of Growth & Justice, a think tank that advocated for a more equitable and sustainable economy.  ( 8 min )

The group helped 90 gay Cuban men fleeing the regime of Fidel Castro find new homes in Minnesota in the summer of 1980.  ( 11 min )

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The most goals scored and total goal involvements by players when aged under 21 years old across the top five European leagues in 2022-23. theanalyst.com/eu/2023/06/ho…

𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐓𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐬𝐟𝐞𝐫 𝐓𝐚𝐫𝐠𝐞𝐭𝐬 🎯 It may seem somewhat vulture-like to look for bargains from relegated teams, but we’ve done it anyway. In our Relegated Transfer Targets series, we have analysed the players at each club who are moved likely to make a move this summer.

No side have won a top flight league title this century across England, Spain, Italy, Germany or France having given more minutes to U21 players in a season than @FCBarcelona did in 2022-23 (8,555). theanalyst.com/eu/2023/06/ho…

Across the top five European leagues in 2022-23, @Ligue1_ENG handed the most minutes to players aged under 21 (68,212). @LaLigaEN's total of 37,873 was their highest in six seasons. theanalyst.com/eu/2023/06/ho…

Does Experience Bring Success? 👀 theanalyst.com/eu/2023/06/ho…

𝐎𝐩𝐭𝐚 𝐏𝐨𝐰𝐞𝐫 𝐑𝐚𝐧𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐬: 2022-23 🌍 The 2022-23 league season is over for the most leagues across the world, so now is an ideal time to look at how they all rank in the Opta Power Rankings. We rank 12,934 men's teams across the world. What rank are your team?

🆕 Brand new Opta Quiz podcast 🎧 podcasts.apple.com/us/podcas… open.spotify.com/show/3ffm6r… linktr.ee/OptaQuiz theanalyst.com/eu/podcast/op…

European Football in 2022-23 🇪🇺 theanalyst.com/eu/2023/06/to…

Uruguay won the U20 World Cup with a 1-0 victory over Italy in the final, last night. It wasn't a classic. Italy failed to attempt a single shot on target and only had four shots overall.

In which we see the artistic and economic sides of Keynes in one glance. commonwealmagazine.org/john-…

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The R Consortium has begun the disbursement of grants to help R User Groups (RUGS) around the world organize, share information, and support each other. We are currently accepting applications... Continue reading: R Consortium Funding for R User Groups! Highlighting R-Ladies São Paulo  ( 10 min )

No one wants to break an application! And part of the process of developing a quality R/Shiny dashboard is making sure that new features or bug fixes do not create new problems. This can be done by testing the application, something that developers perform manually for the task at ... Continue reading: Automating End-to-End Cypress Tests in Rhino: A Guide to Seamless UI Testing for Shiny Apps  ( 27 min )

World Soccer Analytics Analyzing the beautiful game with a data lens Menu Skip to content Home About Contact Facebook LinkedIn Twitter Instagram R-Bloggers! Tag: World Cup August 16, 2018August 25, 2018 Stefan Gouyet Winners at the World Cup Blog at WordPress.com. Tag: World Cup August 16, 2018August 25, 2018 Stefan Gouyet Winners at the World […] Continue reading: World Cup – World Soccer Analytics  ( 7 min )

World Soccer Analytics Analyzing the beautiful game with a data lens Menu Skip to content Home About Contact Facebook LinkedIn Twitter Instagram R-Bloggers! Tag: Football August 16, 2018August 25, 2018 Stefan Gouyet Winners at the World Cup August 11, 2018August 23, 2018 Stefan Gouyet A Change in Age at the Olympics August 7, 2018August 10, […] Continue reading: Football – World Soccer Analytics  ( 8 min )

World Soccer Analytics Analyzing the beautiful game with a data lens Menu Skip to content Home About Contact Facebook LinkedIn Twitter Instagram R-Bloggers! Tag: Olympics August 11, 2018August 23, 2018 Stefan Gouyet A Change in Age at the Olympics Blog at WordPress.com. Tag: Olympics August 11, 2018August 23, 2018 Stefan Gouyet A Change in Age […] Continue reading: Olympics – World Soccer Analytics  ( 7 min )

[This article was first published on worldsocceranalytics.com, and kindly contributed to R-bloggers]. (You can report issue about the content on this page here) Want to share your content on R-bloggers? click here if you have a blog, or here if you don't. To leave a comment for the author, please follow the link and comment on their blog: worldsocceranalytics.com. R-bloggers.com offers daily e-mail updates about R news and tutorials about learning R and many other topics. Click here if you're looking to post or find an R/data-science job. Want to share your content on R-bloggers? click here if you have a blog, or here if you don't. Continue reading: Comments on: How does an FA Cup Trophy Impact League Position?  ( 6 min )

How does an FA Cup Trophy Impact League Position? 1 year ago With the 2018 FA Cup now in its fourth round, I asked myself: what is the importance of the trophy in relation to league position? If the primary goal for English (and Welsh) teams is succeeding in the league, does ... Continue reading: How does an FA Cup Trophy Impact League Position? – World Soccer Analytics  ( 8 min )

The Growth of Soccer (1872 – Present) Soccer (football) is one of the world’s most popular sports, played and watched by millions of people all around the world. But while today it is played in virtually every country, it hasn’t always been that way.As you can see in the ... Continue reading: The Growth of Soccer (1872 – Present) – World Soccer Analytics  ( 10 min )

[This article was first published on worldsocceranalytics.com, and kindly contributed to R-bloggers]. (You can report issue about the content on this page here) Want to share your content on R-bloggers? click here if you have a blog, or here if you don't. To leave a comment for the author, please follow the link and comment on their blog: worldsocceranalytics.com. R-bloggers.com offers daily e-mail updates about R news and tutorials about learning R and many other topics. Click here if you're looking to post or find an R/data-science job. Want to share your content on R-bloggers? click here if you have a blog, or here if you don't. Continue reading: Comments on: The Growth of Soccer (1872 – Present)  ( 6 min )

Winners at the World Cup The 2018 FIFA World Cup has been over for a month now but the memories are far from fading. It was a fabulous tournament, combining underdog stories, upsets, and some pretty high quality football.The World Cup has been around for 88 years now, featuring 79 national teams ... Continue reading: Winners at the World Cup – World Soccer Analytics  ( 9 min )

[This article was first published on worldsocceranalytics.com, and kindly contributed to R-bloggers]. (You can report issue about the content on this page here) Want to share your content on R-bloggers? click here if you have a blog, or here if you don't. To leave a comment for the author, please follow the link and comment on their blog: worldsocceranalytics.com. R-bloggers.com offers daily e-mail updates about R news and tutorials about learning R and many other topics. Click here if you're looking to post or find an R/data-science job. Want to share your content on R-bloggers? click here if you have a blog, or here if you don't. Continue reading: Comments on: Winners at the World Cup  ( 6 min )

[This article was first published on worldsocceranalytics.com, and kindly contributed to R-bloggers]. (You can report issue about the content on this page here) Want to share your content on R-bloggers? click here if you have a blog, or here if you don't. To leave a comment for the author, please follow the link and comment on their blog: worldsocceranalytics.com. R-bloggers.com offers daily e-mail updates about R news and tutorials about learning R and many other topics. Click here if you're looking to post or find an R/data-science job. Want to share your content on R-bloggers? click here if you have a blog, or here if you don't. Continue reading: Comments on: A Change in Age at the Olympics  ( 6 min )

We designed the rOpenSci Champions Program with a mentorship aspect. Mentoring plays a significant role in the growth and development of both mentors and mentees alike. In our program, each Champion has a mentor who accompanies them during their train... Continue reading: rOpenSci Champions Program Teams: Meet Cheryl Isabella Lim and Mauro Lepore  ( 9 min )

Also UBS bought Credit Suisse, are stablecoins securities, crypto funds North Korea’s missile program and Jeff Bezos bought a share of stock.  ( 2 min )

Final call for today’s blog on which Premier League clubs have delivered most value for money. nitter.net/SwissRamble/status/1668151323286487041#m

There's a blog explaining how these figures are calculated if people are interested (written after the semi-finals). swissramble.substack.com/p/c…  ( 1 min )

My model suggests that Inter earned almost exactly €100m for reaching the Champions League final. Other Italian representatives: Milan €85m, Napoli €77m and Juventus €56m #Inter #Milan #SSCNapoli #Juventus  ( 1 min )

West Ham earned €23m for winning the Europa Conference League, while the Europa League representatives, Manchester United and Arsenal, received €31m and €26m respectively #WHUFC #MUFC #AFC  ( 1 min )

Following Manchester City's victory in Saturday's UEFA Champions League final, I estimate that they have earned €131m in TV/prize money. The other English representatives also got good money: Chelsea €94m, Liverpool €82m and Tottenham €64m #MCFC #CFC #LFC #THFC  ( 1 min )

Which Premier League club delivers most bang for the buck? nitter.net/SwissRamble/status/1668151323286487041#m

A look at how Premier League clubs performed relative to their budget last season. #BrentfordFC #BHAFC #AFC #CFC #LCFC #EFC swissramble.substack.com/p/b…

One of the most time-tested genres, science fiction, never fails to captivate audiences. Films of the genre have inspired the most passionate fan bases and curious forms of film criticism. Science fiction is provocative due to its ability to comment on present-day sociology despite taking place hundreds or thousands of years in the future or […]  ( 9 min )

We compiled a list of our favorite OXO gear from our equipment reviews, including coffee makers, bench scrapers, and plastic cutting boards.  ( 42 min )

Our favorites include thermometers (duh), a timer, and even a small spatula.  ( 21 min )

We went through our equipment reviews to find the best Breville products, including our favorite espresso machine and air fryer toaster oven.  ( 28 min )

We’ve tested a variety of knife storage options and can safely say the Jonathan Alden magnetic knife strip is one of our favorite ways to store blades.  ( 11 min )

#SCOTUS issues orders from last week's conference, but does not grant any new cases. Order list is here: supremecourt.gov/orders/cour…

The Brandon Road Interbasin Project is the Great Lakes’ best line of defense against invasive carp. It will be a gauntlet of barriers that will take years to install, all in the hopes that the advancing carp may turn around and leave the lakes alone. But the fish may get there before it’s complete.  ( 19 min )

I asked my Creating Comics class which version of this panel they preferred, unframed or framed: It’s from a comic I’ve been working on, and I think everyone agreed on the first. The framed version, they said, felt too claustrophobic — though if that’s the effect I wanted the scene to evoke, they said, then […]  ( 9 min )

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"Causality in Practice" colloquium, by @CNRS, takes place this week at @PascalInstitut (Orsay 🇫🇷) 👉 quarter-on-causality.github.… arxiv.org/pdf/2108.03099.pdf

A new AI-based approach for controlling autonomous robots satisfies the often-conflicting goals of safety and stability.  ( 9 min )

I first heard the song “Fireflies,” by Owl City, shortly after my junior year of college. During the refrain, singer Adam Young almost whispers, “I’d like to make myself believe / that planet Earth turns slowly.” Goosebumps prickled along my … Continue reading →  ( 13 min )

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Nature research paper: Dendrite initiation and propagation in lithium metal solid-state batteries go.nature.com/3WVEpLe

Nature research paper: Organic–inorganic covalent–ionic molecules for elastic ceramic plastic go.nature.com/3NguUTA

Nature research paper: Northwest African Neolithic initiated by migrants from Iberia and Levant go.nature.com/42oSeTC

Fifty years ago, the Black–Scholes formula transformed financial markets and mathematical finance research go.nature.com/3NjZZpv

Nature research paper: Ultraviolet radiation shapes dendritic cell leukaemia transformation in the skin go.nature.com/3MZvTX6

Nature research paper: Health system-scale language models are all-purpose prediction engines go.nature.com/3J1ZSMX

Nature research paper: Interchange reconnection as the source of the fast solar wind within coronal holes go.nature.com/43MXD7Z

This, uh, was not in the original post nitter.net/kawaki0707/status/1668021791460061188#m

I really want to buy this shirt! Does anybody know where I can buy it?

Visit the post for more.  ( 6 min )

A hearty Filipino pork dish that pairs well with beer. seriouseats.com/sizzling-sis…

Fried green plantain chips seasoned lightly with salt are a popular snack all over the Caribbean and Central and South America. The key to success is cutting uniform slices for even cooking. seriouseats.com/fried-planta…

Flecked with black sesame seeds, these buttermilk biscuits have a beautiful nuttiness that pairs well with everything from fried chicken to Japanese onsen tamago. seriouseats.com/black-sesame…

Easy to throw together, this springtime vegetable tart is loaded with tender fresh green produce and flavorful cheese. seriouseats.com/savory-aspar…

A start-to-finish guide to cooking the perfect Japanese breakfast. seriouseats.com/how-to-make-…

Tomatoes, onion, and fragrant spices transform plain scrambled eggs into a wonderfully flavorful meal in a matter of minutes. seriouseats.com/anda-bhurji-…

From mouth-numbing Sichuan peppercorn wings to Korean-style fire chicken and anchovy banchan, these spicy snacks pack a fiery punch. seriouseats.com/spicy-snacks…

Pay attention to technique to perfect this classic recipe, and you'll have a quick and satisfying meal on your hands. seriouseats.com/tortilla-esp…

Old Fashioneds, negronis, martinis, and more: the old standbys that every self-respecting cocktail aficionado should be able to make. seriouseats.com/cocktails-ev…

Quick-cooking flank steak and bitter dandelion greens combine with sweet peach wedges for a full one-pan dinner that's ready in just 15 minutes. seriouseats.com/flank-steak-…

"Brauer's Lemma" shows up in one proof of the Wedderburn--Artin Theorem. But what does this lemma say, and why is it true?  ( 7 min )

"Brauer's Lemma" shows up in one proof of the Wedderburn--Artin Theorem. But what does this lemma say, and why is it true?  ( 7 min )

In 1988, a young Claudio Ranieri arrived at Cagliari in Serie C and took them to TWO successive promotions to Serie A. @CronacheTweet

How to take the sting out of constructive criticism Continue reading on The Writing Cooperative »  ( 10 min )

And the value of failing along the way Continue reading on The Writing Cooperative »  ( 15 min )

Including when they really should be used in your writing Continue reading on The Writing Cooperative »  ( 7 min )

They apply to all areas of communication and content development Continue reading on The Writing Cooperative »  ( 10 min )

I just ran across a particularly impressive garden path sentence in Bernd Heinrich's book RAVENS IN WINTER (p. 268); it took me several tries to get this sentence to parse grammatically: "Even the wolverine is said to do nothing to drive ravens off that land beside it and steal its food." (Of course parsing is […]  ( 9 min )

[This is a guest post by Charles Belov] I pasted the following Thai, which I got from a YouTube channel, into Google translate. The results were mostly in English, but Google Translate injected some apparent Tamil as well and then just gives up and leaves some of the Thai untranslated. "ตลอดระยะเวลาการทำงานในวงการบันเทิงมันทำให้เราได้เรียนรู้ว่าจริงๆ เเล้วความสุขอยู่รอบตัวเราไปหมด เเล้วความสุขมันง่ายมาก จริงๆ บางทีความสุขมันก็ไม่ต้องมีเงินเยอะมากมาย […]  ( 8 min )

From Daniel Deutsch: We had a long drive yesterday, so we listened to a “robot” reading the entire indictment. It certainly isn’t flawless, but I was surprised by how good it is, especially when it gets “excited” while enacting dialogue. Indeed, the text-to-speech quality is quite good — though unfortunately they don't tell us which […]  ( 8 min )

The most famous instance of the use of an apostrophe in Hanyu Pinyin romanization is in the place name "Xi'an", the capital of Shaanxi (the doubled "a" is another story) Province. Xī'ān 西安 — two characters signifying "Western Peace" If you don't use an apostrophe to separate the syllables, you end up with the monosyllable […]  ( 9 min )

Benj Edwards has a mirthful article in Ars Technica (6/9/23) Researchers discover that ChatGPT prefers repeating 25 jokes over and over When tested, "Over 90% of 1,008 generated jokes were the same 25 jokes." [includes an AI generated image of "a laughing robot"] On Wednesday, two German researchers, Sophie Jentzsch and Kristian Kersting, released a […]  ( 11 min )

in general it would be good for primaries to be majoritarian (given they remain single-winner, which we constantly chose to settle for and don’t have to use!), even if in this case the NC GOP would be doing it for the wrong reasons nitter.net/geoffreyvs/status/1667685386762727427#m

reminder that the sample sizes for these subgroups are often in the double or single digits nitter.net/BradWilcoxIFS/status/1667932309197029376#m

my best guess at the rank of potential outcomes of 2024 GOP primary by probability: nitter.net/AaronBlake/status/1667893341101387776#m

Particles from air pollution could worsen the spread and severity of #H1N1 viruses, suggests a new study in mice from @ScienceAdvances. scim.ag/2XC

There’s more to #RNA viruses than diseases. scim.ag/2Xw #ScienceMagArchives

Soil microbiota transplanted from more stressful environmental conditions, such as drought or excessive heat or cold, can enhance tree tolerance to changing climates, researchers report in Science. scim.ag/2Xq #SciencePerspective: scim.ag/2Xp

After decades of monitoring, researchers reported in 2020 that they had detected a subtle shift in the orbit of the closest known star to the supermassive black hole at the center of the Milky Way—matching Einstein’s theory precisely. #ScienceMagArchives scim.ag/2XA

The scalloped hammerhead may be the only fish to employ this strategy during deep dives, keeping chilly water out of its body. scim.ag/2Xu

If this study rings true, elephants would become the only known animal besides humans and bonobos to have domesticated themselves. scim.ag/2Xm

Taken from Twitter: What recession? The consensus view that recession was virtually a slam dunk looks increasingly off base. Yes, there will eventually be one, but odds that a downturn is dead ahead are receding. There are a bunch of reasons why the economy is hanging tough. Here are my top three… First, excess savings. […] The post Mark Zandi on changing odds of recession appeared first on Marginal REVOLUTION.         Comments This has not been an aggressive rate raising regime. We are ... by Yancey Ward In reply to dearieme. This is similar to the “Drill Baby ... by Cancelled for wongthink In reply to steve. Inflation in 2021 was transitory because ... by Cancelled for wongthink For those of you who believe we have recently had a recession ... by dude In reply to hendricks. Ages ago I gave a talk to a bunch of ... by Dismalist Plus 10 more... Related Stories Free Formatting For All on First Submission! Why mediocre gdp growth and a strong labor market? The nuclear polity that is Georgia  ( 7 min )

1. A look at IAEA for AI. 2. Price controls: too early for a victory lap. 3. David Pogue reviews Apple Vision Pro (WSJ).  And Raymond Wong on the same. 4. John Cochrane on discount rates. 5. Ross on whether the government wants you to believe in UFOs (NYT). 6. How does college alter political […] The post Sunday assorted links appeared first on Marginal REVOLUTION.         Comments In reply to PHinton. Something else amazing: Gen-Z LGBT ... by PHinton In reply to Dismalist. Does 'greedinflation' explain why ... by Bazza 4. Good post by Cochrane. I discussed discount rates with ... by ralph In reply to Bob. Nintendo has never emphasized cutting edge. ... by sxb #5 No matter how absurd or wasteful, no government program ... by Rebes Plus 10 more...  ( 6 min )

The author is Jacob Mikanowski and the subtitle is An Intimate History of a Divided Land.  Might this be the best overall book on how Eastern Europe ended up so different (but not entirely different) from Western Europe?  I’ll be doing a CWT with him later this fall (hold your suggestions for now, and I’ll […] The post *Goodbye Eastern Europe* appeared first on Marginal REVOLUTION.         Comments In reply to Maybe when speaking German?. The term “Eastern ... by PK In reply to Hoosier. The Balkan were influenced much more ... by Valentin In reply to Dino the Isaurian. Some ppl argue Australia and ... by M In reply to Marian Kechlibar. The problem here is that just ... by Maybe when speaking German? In reply to … Western Brand. But that is present in most US ... by US Feudalism - A thing? Plus 10 more... Related Stories *Medieval Horizons: Why the Middle Ages Matter* What should I ask Ada Palmer? My excellent Conversation with Peter Singer  ( 6 min )

Ian Mortimer is the author of this excellent book, here was one of my favorite bits: It may seem preposterous today to describe a 5 mph increase in the maximum land speed as revolutionary.  It sounds like someone pointing to a hillock and calling it a mountain.  But it was revolutionary, for a number of […] The post *Medieval Horizons: Why the Middle Ages Matter* appeared first on Marginal REVOLUTION.         Comments In reply to mkt42. England was divided into multiple smaller ... by Jonfraz In reply to Pavel. Faster road travel would have simply ... by Bazza The quote is a weirdly mixed bag. It starts by describing a ... by Worley In reply to Eliot Johnson. This remains a point of ... by mkt42 In reply to Not really, as cavalry is not the same as a single ... by Eliot Johnson Plus 10 more... Related Stories *Goodbye Eastern Europe* What should I ask Ada Palmer? Orwell Against Progress  ( 8 min )

Watching Socceraid purely for the Francesco Totti - Usain Bolt combo. Totti receiving the ball between the lines and slipping in Bolt for the opener (having sprinted in behind so fast that the right-back has done his Achilles trying to keep up) is exactly what I wanted, thanks.

Analysis of the Champions League final. Stones as a RB->No8 rather than a CB->No6. How it worked, how it didn't, and how it played a part in the winning goal. theathletic.com/4600447/2023…

The last tactics pod of the season - analysis of last night’s game. Thanks very much to those who have listened throughout 2022/23! podfollow.com/athletic-tacti…

This post is by Lizzie. I took the photo on Tuesday at a Sforza fortress in Bellinzona. The museum currently also has an installation by Zimoun, who also did `36 ventilators, 4.7m3 packing chips.’ I recently read Tree Story: The … Continue reading →  ( 12 min )

We wrote about this last year in our post, PNAS GIGO QRP WTF: This meta-analysis of nudge experiments is approaching the platonic ideal of junk science and our followup PNAS article, No reason to expect large and consistent effects of … Continue reading →  ( 14 min )

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I miss playing squash. Let me know if you’re in NYC and want to play.

i want to game and game and game until my dick turns Purple

Movies like to play with genre in more ways than one. Whether it’s subverting the audience’s expectations about what kind of film they are about to see or combining multiple genres in order to create a unique and idealised experience, there are endless possibilities when it comes to how filmmakers present their take on convention. […]  ( 10 min )

Characteristics of defined benefit retirement plans in 2022 bls.gov/opub/ted/2023/charac… #BLSdata

Maybe a dark example here: which is better evidence of the theory of relativity? The Michelson–Morley experiment or the nuclear bomb?

In order to find out "what's true," you have to find out "what works."

My take (which is probably wrong but I want to know why) is most of the retrospectively big successes in science were coupled to big successes in engineering.  ( 2 min )

There has never been a time in science when most published findings were true. And yet, many disciplines managed to have a profound impact nonetheless, why?

This is a great thread. But there is an alternative conclusion: Reproducibility crises themselves are overblown and missing the point. nitter.net/dandekadt/status/1667831071541526528#m

I just don’t know if we get our freaking hypocrisy  ( 1 min )

Just realized: only 2 more days until I get to visit @EmtiyazKhan @RIKEN_AIP_EN in Tokyo for bayesduality.github.io/works… Looking really forward to staying in Japan until June 28th & many amazing discussion. Lots of plans already, but if you want to meet, I’m sure we can arrange!

“Hinton fears we will be manipulated by the machine; I would claim we are already manipulated by a machine. It consists of the corporate interests of a handful of companies that make vast profits on the back of our personal information” nitter.net/lawrennd/status/1667787547290791937#m

Our lives may be enhanced by AI, but Big Tech just sees dollar signs thetimes.co.uk/article/our-l…

Chris Luxon, via Q+A: “72% of all landlords are Mum & Dad investors… they are not evil property speculators” This is attracting a lot of comment, because it can be interpreted as two quite different claims: either that the landlord of a randomly chosen rental has a 72% chance of being a “Mum & Dad […] 72% of landlords? first appeared on Stats Chat.  ( 6 min )

Nature research paper: Epigenetic dysregulation from chromosomal transit in micronuclei go.nature.com/3qzRNbW

Researchers discover that ChatGPT prefers repeating 25 jokes over and over | Ars Technica 🙏 for featuring our work. Was a lot of fun 🤣All the credits to @sciphie. arstechnica.com/information-…

Q: How to use #normalizing #flows for #causal #inference? and why should they work? arxiv.org/abs/2306.05415v1 nitter.net/javaloyML/status/1667154628998230020#m

don't label me! #Edinburgh and wanna chat about #ML #AI and all the rest, you can find me at @InfAtEd @EdinburghUni, third floor)

After procrastinating as much as feasible, I switched at last to (K)Ubuntu 22.04, Jammy Jellyfish, after security updates stopped for the 20.04 version. While this proceeded mostly without hiccups, the upgrade stalled when upgrading Firefox, which I had foolishly left open. When I turned it off and completed the upgrade, this erased all of my […]  ( 6 min )

We moved five House ratings on Thursday following the Supreme Court's ruling in Allen v. Milligan, which reaffirms a lower court ruling that Alabama is obligated to draw a new congressional map. cookpolitical.com/analysis/h…

"Trying to link a Republican who doesn't look, act, sound or vote like Trump with MAGA will be" a challenge for Democrats in 2024. @amyewalter on the biggest winners of the debt ceiling showdown: cookpolitical.com/analysis/n…

Several candidates have entered the 2024 Republican primary field in recent weeks. @CharlieCookDC does a little delegate math and explains why that's good news for Donald Trump. cookpolitical.com/analysis/n…

Enlightening article by Peter Backhaus in The Japan Times (6/9/23): "Za grammar notes: How to properly handle the 'the' in Japanese" Japanese seems to be able to assimilate any English word, including the ubiquitous definite article "the", which is unlike anything in Japanese itself. If there’s something like a Murphy’s Law for syntax, the name […]  ( 11 min )

The most recent Trump indictment reproduces this exchange of text messages (p. 11) : Trump Employee 2: We can definitely make it work if we move his papers into the lake room? Trump Employee 1: There is still a little room in the shower where his other stuff is. Is it only his papers he […]  ( 9 min )

As I am about to deliver a keynote address to an international conference on Chinese language pedagogy, I receive news of this new LLM that knocks my socks off: InternLM is a multilingual large language model jointly developed by Shanghai AI Lab and SenseTime (with equal contribution), in collaboration with the Chinese University of Hong […]  ( 9 min )

From Scott D. Seligman via Facebook:   ChatGPT is really creeping me out. I asked it for a recipe for Pad Thai in the form of an Emily Dickinson poem. I'm no poetry maven, but the damned thing seems to have the ability to turn a phrase, at least some of the time. Below is […]  ( 11 min )

Touch the souls with stunning verses  ( 13 min )

Break free and write better Continue reading on The Writing Cooperative »  ( 13 min )

Treating your setting like a character is at the heart of making an immersive world Continue reading on The Writing Cooperative »  ( 18 min )

Funny game. Rodri and Ederson looked the least composed players on the pitch in the first half yet end up providing the big moments.

Just want to reiterate the “so far” there  ( 1 min )

Dzeko’s had a really good campaign but didn’t really understand the point of using him here.

Rodri’s performance so far is a good advert for Guardiola’s team selection two years ago

This thread is one of the funniest examples I’ve seen of the t-shirt bot problem on here nitter.net/dyingscribe/status/1667328802488307713#m

The indisputable best cut in any Spielberg movie ever

This cycle, the Milligan decision and possibility of new outcome in NY redistricting legal fight could make the House a Toss Up. nitter.net/Redistrict/status/1562295564557066240#m

The ability to measure things plays a central role in how humans understand and interact with the surrounding world. scim.ag/2Xk

A new #SciencePerspectives looks at the current approaches and challenges facing regenerative medicine. scim.ag/2Xh

In a Science study last year, researchers with the #HumanCellAtlas consortium presented the #TabulaSapiens dataset, a particularly broad cell atlas that provides a molecular definition of more than 400 cell types across 24 organs. scim.ag/2X7 #ScienceMagArchives

Join #ScienceWebinars for their next #webinar broadcast live on 14 June at 12 p.m. ET ⬇️ #GeneTherapy with #FlowCytometry scim.ag/2X3

Using a lentivirus to facilitate expression of an immune receptor antagonist into transplantable hematopoietic stem cells, researchers demonstrate a process that can ameliorate several IL-1-based autoimmune disorders in mice. scim.ag/2X1 @ScienceTM

New in Science: MRI data from more than 40,000 UK Biobank participants reveals the intertwined nature of heart and brain health in humans. scim.ag/2WZ

We study whether tweets about racial justice predict the offline behaviors of nearly 20,000 US academics. In an audit study, academics that tweet about racial justice discriminate more in favor of minority students than academics that do not tweet about racial justice. Racial justice tweets are more predictive of race-related political tweets than political contributions, […] The post Virtue signaling on Twitter appeared first on Marginal REVOLUTION.         Comments In reply to Paul Wall. My grammarian side likes the correct ... by Moral Panic In reply to Cancelled for wongthink. BLM = Buying Large ... by DeQuan In reply to Jack QR. The paper, itself, is a form of virtue ... by hank the woke & pear-shaped at youtube canned jordan peterson for ... by community notes In reply to Dorey. There should be some metrics to support ... by steve Plus 10 more... Related Stories Kenya facts of the day Economics, Hayek, and Large Language Models Emergent Ventures winners, 26th cohort  ( 6 min )

1. Negative real wage growth accounts for negative macroeconomic perceptions. 2. Those new (Chinese) service sector jobs. 3. Octopuses redesign their own brains when they get cold. 4. “It irritates lots of folks to note this, but US trade with the Indo Pacific actually picked up after Trump said no to TPP” 5. Tharman is […] The post Saturday assorted links appeared first on Marginal REVOLUTION.         Comments In reply to skyzyks. I suppose a human generated the ... by Moral Panic Of course hes funny, remember ChatGPT 4 was trained for years ... by Antony T In reply to mkt42. Whoops, this was meant to be a reply to ... by mkt42 Right, this recent result fits with other research that ... by mkt42 In reply to Keith. One might think it's obvious that, of ... by BC Plus 10 more...  ( 6 min )

Many years ago I was incredulous when my wife told me she had to format a paper to meet a journal’s guidelines before it was accepted! Who could favor such a dumb policy? In economics, the rule is you make your paper look good but you don’t have to fulfill all the journal’s guidelines until after […] The post Free Formatting For All on First Submission! appeared first on Marginal REVOLUTION.         Comments I'm a serious LLM skeptic, but reformatting documents to meet ... by Kaleberg In reply to dan1111. If journal shopping were the issue, only ... by Alex Tabarrok In reply to dan1111. I knew without even looking that this ... by Asher In reply to Moses Taylor. No, they restricted it to ... by Humphrey Konishi Seems like this might function as a signal of ... by Michael Wulfsohn Plus 10 more... Related Stories Emergent Ventures winners, 26th cohort Air Pollution Redux The Poop Detective  ( 7 min )

The total fertility rate for 2019 was 3.4 births which marks a drop of about one birth from 4.8 births in 2009. But here is the more interesting part: The gap between the highest and lowest TFR continues to increase – which is lowest at 2.5 children in Nairobi and 8 children per woman in […] The post Kenya facts of the day appeared first on Marginal REVOLUTION.         Comments Mandera county isn't “forgotten.” It's heavily subject to ... by Tom T. In reply to sxb. And on Tyler's latest conversation with ... by Moral Panic That maternal mortality rate is incredibly high but the women ... by steve In reply to Magus. Well it appears dysgenic for distance ... by Formerly K In reply to Magus. Cremieux found a dysgenic trend of 1.5 IQ ... by Facixe Plus 9 more... Related Stories The Poop Detective Evidence from Italy’s ChatGPT Ban How the Russian Revolution boosted Marx’s influence  ( 6 min )

That is the topic of my latest Blooomberg column.  This exercise is speculative, but here is my tentative resolution: Workers have been undergoing a serious crisis of morale since the pandemic — and they really are doing less. So businesses, in turn, have to hire more of them just to keep pace. Does this hypothesis […] The post Why mediocre gdp growth and a strong labor market? appeared first on Marginal REVOLUTION.         Comments In reply to Ringo. How productive was Charlie Parker, stoned ... by rsm 《Why mediocre gdp growth and a strong labor market?》 Are ... by rsm In reply to Matt2. The way one of my bosses described this is ... by (Not That) Bill O'Reilly In reply to Mike in Va. If your supervisors have noticed ... by BC Actually Tyler is 100% backward in his explanation. ... by Clint Plus 10 more... Related Stories Free Formatting For All on First Submission! Economics, Hayek, and Large Language Models Air Pollution Redux  ( 7 min )

The way I hollered at this!! Best first laugh of the day!! So funny!

Guess who coming to your city Toronto?! ME!! Just For Laughs Festival @justforlaughs

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Pale Blue Dot is a photo of Earth that was taken by the Voyager 1 space probe in 1990 from a distance of about 6 billion kilometers (3.7 billion miles) as it was leaving our solar system. This is what Carl Sagan said about the photo: "Look again at that dot. That's here. That's home. That's us. On it, everyone you love, everyone you know, everyone you ever heard of, every human being who ever was, lived out their lives. The aggregate of our joy and suffering, thousands of confident religions, ideologies, and economic doctrines, every hunter and forager, every hero and coward, every creator and destroyer of civilization, every king and peasant, every young couple in love, every mother and father, hopeful child, inventor, and explorer, every teacher of morals, every corrupt politician, every 'superstar,' every 'supreme leader,' every saint and sinner in the history of our species lived there — on a mote of dust suspended in a sunbeam. The Earth is the only world known so far to harbor life. There is nowhere else, at least in the near future, to which our species could migrate. Visit, yes. Settle, not yet. Like it or not, for the moment the Earth is where we make our stand. It has been said that astronomy is a humbling and character-building experience. There is perhaps no better demonstration of the folly of human conceits than this distant image of our tiny world. To me, it underscores our responsibility to deal more kindly with one another, and to preserve and cherish the pale blue dot, the only home we've ever known.”

the actual problem is that we're drowning in a sea of dispensable scientific papers that add zero, zilch, nada to human scientific knowledge, and this not just a waste, but it makes it more difficult to identify useful contributions. 2/

Shot/chaser?

Catch up on all the new #BLSdata and publications that came out this week! bls.gov/opub/update.htm

32-Bit Cafe ⬌ the museum of alexandra TimeGuessr itzrex 💜 Non-profit bloggers Open Indie  ( 1 min )

The Garza (Crane) surname is one of the most representatives of the Northern Mexican city of Monterrey and its metropolitan area, the country's second most-populated. This can be seen in the municipalities of San Nicolás de los Garza and San Pedro Garza García. Many families originating in Monterrey, therefore, share the Garza name, and it was one of these that established Xicotepec's first permanent cinema, the Cine Garza. Monterrey is the capital of the state of Nuevo León, so the seal of this state was prominently added to the facade of the theater. The cinema started its operations in the 1950s, while three decades later, in 1986, a restaurant called La Choza (The Hut) also opened in the town. In the mid-2000s, after the Cine Garza lay abandoned for a few years, La Choza occupied the building, where it is still located as of early 2023. The cinema's lobby is now the restaurant's waiting area, all seating was removed to make way for the tables and chairs, leaving the stage where the screen was located as the main architectural heritage is still present in the restaurant. The stage is still used for the occasional show as well as events such as book presentations. For the most part, however, it is merely a decorated feature that diners can enjoy while tasting some of the local Xicotepense delicacies served here.  ( 13 min )

I got an email from one of our regular commenters, a nice guy who contributes to our blog discussions when not busy at his day job. He wrote a comment that did not show up on the blog, and emailed … Continue reading →  ( 12 min )

Would you consider a donation to support Weekend Reads, and our daily work? The week at Retraction Watch featured: Our list of retracted or withdrawn COVID-19 papers is up to more than 300. There are now 40,000 retractions in our database — which powers retraction alerts in EndNote, LibKey, Papers, and Zotero. The Retraction Watch Hijacked Journal Checker now contains 200 titles. And have you … Continue reading Weekend reads: How a rejected study led to a $3.8 million grant; a ‘nasty’ publishing scheme; the ‘darker side of science’  ( 7 min )

Science in meter and verse

How academic institutions can prevent sexual harassment and protect scientists

I’m sick of the AI hype and scaremongering. The idea that AI could take over the world is laughable. The post No, AI Does Not Pose an Existential Risk to Humanity appeared first on Economics from the Top Down.  ( 15 min )

"Best een goede samenvatting eigenlijk" — een daadwerkelijke energie-expert Op 10 juni 2023 is dit artikel uit 2022 ge-update met een extra stukje over waterstof en waar het niet voor geschikt is, plus wat meer over kernenergie, en over minder energie verbruiken. Sinds een tijdje maak ik grafiekjes van hoe Nederland aan z’n elektriciteit komt. En soms ben ik daar dan enthousiast over, zeker als de wind waait en de zon goed schijnt.  ( 11 min )

City's revenue higher than Inter in every stream, especially commercial and broadcasting. #MCFC were profitable last season, while #Inter reported a significant loss. Inter have much more debt (and interest payments).

Quick financial comparison of today's UEFA Champions League finalists. Manchester City much stronger than Inter financially: #MCFC £619m revenue is over twice as much as #Inter £261m, as is squad cost £1.1 bln vs £505m. City's £354m wages nearly 70% more than Inter's £210m.

can anyone confirm that the torrance ca walmart greeter had an Erection at about 2:13 pm  ( 1 min )

"poop Vs pee the final battle" this sneak peek goes Wolf Mode. i think a lot of people have been waitng for the final battle of poop and pee

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Yes. Under a policy that went into effect in January 2023, transgender and gender non-conforming individuals can request placement at a facility that is in alignment with their gender identity, rather than their gender assigned at birth.  ( 7 min )

Yes. Climate change has affected wildfire patterns by increasing wildfires’ frequency, severity and the areas of land they burn, and lengthening the wildfire season, according to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.  ( 7 min )

Yes. A bill that would have lifted a pandemic-related pause on federal student loan payments received support from two Democrats in the U.S. House and two in the U.S. Senate.  ( 7 min )

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Q: Did you see that chocolate and wine really are good for the brain? A: Not convinced Q: A randomised trial, though. 16% improvement in memory! A: A randomised trial, but not 16% improvement in memory Q: It’s what the Herald says A: Well, more precisely, it’s what the Daily Telegraph says Q: What does […] Chocolate for the brain? first appeared on Stats Chat.  ( 5 min )

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A new analysis finds that dry air and record-breaking temperatures linked to climate change have led to more frequent severe fires in California trib.al/H5kvBK3

June is the start of hurricane season. Hurricane forecasters are debuting a new model they hope will better predict when some storms will suddenly and explosively intensify trib.al/1ZSRdhK

For lung cancer patients who have a specific genetic mutation, taking a pill called osimertinib after surgery greatly reduced the risk of lung cancer recurrence trib.al/C1tGh9s

"Through dwelling with the smoke and the terror it generates, we can think more carefully about the ways we experience climate change, how we are entangled with it, and crucially, why and how we need to respond to it." | Opinion trib.al/ZFoVgfd

Most of the eastern U.S. has been swathed in smoke billowing off more than 400 wildfires across Canada trib.al/0zNjCf1

Our Season 5 bonus episode asks a seemingly simple question: what's in a street name? podcasts.apple.com/us/podcas… #Hamburg street called Nyswanderweg pays homage to #psychiatrist Marie Nyswander. Why is it still so rare for street names to honor history-making women? @sciam @prx

Arousal without orgasm isn't dangerous, so why are people pressured to engage in unwanted sexual activity to avoid it? trib.al/ndddopv

The most important and awe-inspiring science direct to your inbox sciam.com/today

The Montreal Protocol was intended to save Earth's ozone layer, but it also helped slow global warming and delayed the melting of Arctic sea ice trib.al/3xJgHfg

Perfectly wrapping spherical objects together seems trivial, but it's a task that has stumped mathematicians for centuries trib.al/cLW6ooP

Supporting the health and safety of community violence street workers is urgent and imperative | Opinion trib.al/41tSTZa

More and better data are required to solve the mystery of strange apparitions in the air, the sea and space, according to NASA's Unidentified Anomalous Phenomena Independent Study team trib.al/NCTBkpY

What I've been up to for the last 6 months: Designing, testing, workshopping a new FREE daily newsletter from @sciam written by moi 💅 about the most important and awe-inspiring stories in science. Sign up here: ▶️▶️tinyurl.com/yckd72mm◀️◀️ tinyurl.com/3vnazmwy

When octopuses get chilly, they adjust the structure of proteins their neurons produce, something mammals can't do. Amazing creatures scientificamerican.com/artic… by @RachelNuwer on @sciam

Batter up!!! Let’s go @Yankees

We tested nine soft coolers, evaluating their durability, cold retention, and capacity, as well as how easy they were to carry. seriouseats.com/best-soft-co…

Pico de gallo is a classic Mexican condiment made with tomatoes, onions, and chiles, perfect for topping tacos, tostadas, and totopos. seriouseats.com/classic-pico…

We compiled a list of our favorite espresso blends from well-known roasters like Intelligentsia and Counter Culture, along with smaller companies. seriouseats.com/best-espress…

Don't worry about the dishes! These meals come together easily and efficiently. seriouseats.com/one-pot-dinn…

From pies to popsicles, these are our favorite ways to turn sweet summer strawberries into an even sweeter treat. seriouseats.com/sweet-recipe…

Pleasantly springy and fragrant with soy sauce, oyster sauce, and Shaoxing wine, Chinese meatloaf is delicious served on its own or atop Cantonese claypot rice. seriouseats.com/cantonese-cl…

When done properly, velveting can render a relatively lean cut of meat moist and tender—even after extended steaming. seriouseats.com/cantonese-cl…

This comforting meal of rice steamed and crisped within a Cantonese clay pot is a favorite in Hong Kong, where it’s served with an assortment of savory toppings and a seasoned soy sauce. seriouseats.com/cantonese-cl…

This ice cream boasts big buttermilk flavor, but it has a texture that's light and fresh. seriouseats.com/buttermilk-i…

Much simpler than a classic soufflé, this soufflé omelette is cooked in a skillet on the stovetop and requires little more than eggs, cheese, and a couple of extra minutes to beat the whites. seriouseats.com/omelette-sou…

Research briefing: Elastic ceramic plastic made using molecules with organic and inorganic parts go.nature.com/42pBaN7

Regulators will decide whether the #SRPT gene therapy for Duchenne muscular dystrophy is ready for the market. Here’s what’s at stake for children with the disease, their families and the gene-therapy field. go.nature.com/3WZAAEN

Taurine offers striking health benefits in mice, monkeys and worms. But more work is needed to investigate its link with ageing. go.nature.com/3J1yoXC

To reach the base of the tallest tree in the Amazon, these scientists battled snakes, spider bites, raging rapids and torrential rains. It was like a 19th-century expedition, except guided by LIDAR nature.com/immersive/d41586-…

The cholera-causing bacterium Vibrio cholerae uses goopy ‘biofilms’ to kill immune cells go.nature.com/3N2cvJ2

For more stories on tobacco smoking, including the use of brain stimulation to help people quit, and how tobacco companies are stalling anti-smoking policy in Africa, check out the rest of the Nature Outlook supplement on smoking. nature.com/collections/dhfeb…

Also worth noting in that map: France and Portugal are the only high-income countries in which smoking rates among women are high and yet to substantially fall.

In some low- and middle-income countries, tobacco smoking might not yet have taken hold at all (phase 0). This is especially true among women.

Global data can tell you only so much though. Countries are at very different stages in their fight against tobacco smoking. In many high-income countries, smoking rates are now on the way down from previous highs (phase 2 or 3 in the map). Low- and middle-income countries are more likely to be in phase 1: smoking rates are yet to decline.

The bad news is that population growth means that, at the global level, the overall number of people who smoke tobacco is going up.

So, are fewer people smoking now than a few decades ago? Well, there's good news and bad news. The good news is yes, global smoking rates are falling.

How much of an effect quitting has depends on your age, but don't think it’s too late. A study of UK women suggests you can avoid more than 90% of the excess risk of death by giving up smoking before the age of 40. Not dying isn’t the only benefit of quitting either, but it is quite a good one.

Who is dying as a result of smoking? The vast majority of the time, it's people who never stop smoking – quitting reduces your excess risk of death enormously.

More than 1 in 10 deaths worldwide can be attributed to tobacco smoking. Focus in on just deaths from non-communicable diseases, such as heart disease and cancer, and it's 1 in 6. It's preventable.

By now most people have got the message that smoking kills. But what difference does quitting make? And where in the world are there now more former smokers than current smokers? 🧵 nature.com/articles/d41586-0…

AI learns to write sorting software on its own go.nature.com/42sf8cQ

Your chance to win adorable plush toys from GIANTmicrobes! Simply sign up for Nature Briefing to get an essential round-up of science news, opinion and analysis, free in your inbox every weekday and automatically be entered to the prize draw! bit.ly/3q82FNN

“I cannot imagine why anyone would care what an article looks like the first time a journal sees it,” says @WhySharksMatter. “I don’t think it’s a productive use of my time.” go.nature.com/3WWrCIi

Analysis of nearly 300,000 people finds an association between the shingles jab and a 20% lower rate of dementia — but questions linger. go.nature.com/43SkUWl

Nature research paper: Lost world of complex life and the late rise of the eukaryotic crown go.nature.com/43Q7Lgc

Statistical Modeling with R (A dual frequentist and Bayesian approach for life scientists) is a recent book written by Pablo Inchausti, from Uruguay. In a highly personal and congenial style (witness the preface), with references to (fiction) books that enticed me to buy them. The book was sent to me by the JASA book editor […]  ( 8 min )

Statistical Modeling with R (A dual frequentist and Bayesian approach for life scientists) is a recent book written by Pablo Inchausti, from Uruguay. In a highly personal and congenial style (witness the preface), with references to (fiction) books that enticed me to buy them. The book was sent to me by the JASA book editor […]  ( 8 min )

Wildfire smoke not only contains dangerous-to-breathe particles but also can react with urban air pollution to create toxic ozone

The destruction of the Kakhovka Dam threatens both agriculture and nature reserves, a Ukrainian conservationist says

A female crocodile birthed a fully formed, stillborn fetus despite living in isolation for 16 years

Arousal without orgasm isn’t dangerous, so why are people pressured to engage in unwanted sexual activity to avoid it?

Most of the eastern U.S. has been swathed in smoke billowing off more than 400 wildfires across Canada

The nation’s first climate trial, led by kids, will open on Monday in Montana but could have ramifications outside the state’s borders

Where is it coming from? How long will it last? What's in the smoke? Whose health is at risk? How do you clean your own air?

Supporting the health and safety of community violence street workers is urgent and imperative

More and better data are required to solve the mystery of strange apparitions in the air, the sea and space, according to NASA’s Unidentified Anomalous Phenomena Independent Study team

As emergency managers in southern Ukraine evacuate people there from disastrous flooding caused by the mysterious breach of a major dam, conservation scientists are pondering the effects on the region’s plants and animals. scim.ag/2WX

The first 45 words uttered by a police officer during the traffic stop of a Black driver can predict whether the interaction will escalate. scim.ag/2WU

Octopuses may have vivid, narrative dreams—some of which are terrifying. scim.ag/2WQ

A new U.S. study will test whether pairing molecularly targeted drugs will work better than single drugs to wipe out cancer. scim.ag/2WP

Lava flows can abruptly shift from smooth, ropy pahoehoe to rubbly, jagged aa—changes that might be sparked by the molten rock’s internal churn. scim.ag/2WH

Charles Darwin assumed the driver of the giraffe’s long neck was food, but a fossil of an ancient giraffe relative suggests there might be more to the story. #ScienceMagArchives scim.ag/2WC

Researchers around the globe are now trying to revive antibody treatments to treat #COVID19 by redesigning them to take aim at targets that are less prone to mutation. scim.ag/2WB

Unlike some other spiders that camouflage themselves with drab colors and sticklike appendages, this jumping spider disguises itself by crawling like an ant. scim.ag/2Wy @NewsfromScience

Zebrafish live for less than a year, but new research finds that extending the length of the chromosomes in their guts kept them healthy into old age. scim.ag/2Wu

The controversial research should be destigmatized, the NASA-appointed panel said. scim.ag/2Wt

Unlike other primates, young mountain gorillas who lose a parent or have disrupted families live just as long as their peers. scim.ag/2Wr

Researchers have taken a small but necessary step toward realizing a long-standing dream: harvesting solar energy in space and beaming it down to Earth. scim.ag/2Wp

Ancient hunters and farmers living in western Iran’s highlands may have been among the first people to domesticate livestock. A study from 2021—which includes the oldest livestock genome yet sequenced—bolsters that notion. #ScienceMagArchives scim.ag/2Wo

Researchers have discovered a new chemical that selectively kills harmful nematodes with a much lower risk of toxicity to humans and other creatures. scim.ag/2Wm

Scientists report that they can trigger a hibernation-like state in mice by targeting part of their brain with pulses of ultrasound. scim.ag/2Wl

Researchers report a gene therapy approach that appears to prevent conception in female cats with no apparent side effects. scim.ag/2Wk

The first U.S. nationwide geological survey in a generation could reveal badly needed supplies of critical minerals. scim.ag/2Wi @ScienceVisuals

The lack of landmarks to identify their nests makes Tunisian ants fashion their own. scim.ag/2Wg

Hidden away in one of Adelaide’s side streets lies the Royal Instituttion, formerly the Adelaide Stock Exchange. Within its walls is something that is often walked passed, missed, or forgotten about. Upon arrival at the Royal Institute, enter through the front entryway, turn to your left, and walk towards the main staircase. Atop the staircase is the oldest and perhaps the most valuable Morris & Co. stained glass work in Adelaide, also the only Morris & Co. stained glass window not within a religious building in Adelaide, which is often referred to as the “City of Churches.” William Morris famously known for his London-based textile company, Morris & Co., was commissioned for several stained glass windows for the city of Adelaide. Almost all of them were located within churches and commissioned for religious reasoning. His work within the Royal Institute remains as one of his most valuable works to date, somehow surviving two fires during the 20th century, in 1938 and 1982 respectively, the stained glass window still stands in the main stairwell where it was originally commissioned. The window was commissioned by Sir George. A. Brookman, an early mining mogul of South Australia and Western Australia, to commemorate the Australian Federation, an important moment in Australian history, in which the Australian colonies were joined together as a nation in 1901. The window features six stained glass panels, with the lower three depicting the British Empire. Life-sized figures represent Australia and India on the left-hand side, Africa and Canada on the right, and Britannia in the center. Based on designs by British painter, Edward Byrne-Jones, a painter, designer and a founding partner of Morris & Co., the three upper panels represent morning, noon and evening. Upon closer inspection you’ll notice the central figure of Britannia is holding a wreath that frames the word ‘FEDERATION’, a nod to when the window was made.  ( 13 min )

Monterrey is a Mexican city of grand proportions. Skyscrapers populate the skyline, including the tallest building in Latin America. Beyond the metropolis, the Sierra Madre Mountain range surrounds the city, including the famous El Cerro de la Silla, a hill shaped like a horse saddle.  Mother nature's creations and man-made inventions influence the city below. However, there is one imposing figure whose inception is a little more unclear, perhaps the most revered of them all, and the mother of all Mexico's mothers: a 40-foot-tall sculpture of Our Lady of Guadalupe. At her feet lie flowers and other tributes by those who have come to pay their respects. Onlooking drivers see her as they pass by on the busy main avenue where she stands. Immediately behind her, in line with the traffic, t…  ( 14 min )

The Poem Tree stood, for close to 450 years, on Castle Hill, at Oxfordshire’s Wittenham Clumps. In the 1840s, the tree was furnished with a carving by Joseph Tubb who etched the words of his 20-line poem into the beech. As up the hill with labr'ing steps we tread / Where the twin Clumps their sheltering branches spread / The summit gain'd at ease reclining lay / And all around the wide spread scene survey / Point out each object and instructive tell / The various changes that the land befell / Where the low bank the country wide surrounds / That ancient earthwork form'd old Mercia's bounds / In misty distance see the barrow heave / There lies forgotten lonely Cwichelm's grave. Around this hill the ruthless Danes intrenched / And these fair plains with gory slaughter drench'd / While at our feet where stands that stately tower / In days gone by up rose the Roman power / And yonder, there where Thames smooth waters glide / In later days appeared monastic pride. / Within that field where lies the grazing herd / Huge walls were found, some coffins disinter'd / Such is the course of time, the wreck which fate / And awful doom award the earthly great. Inspired by his admiration for the surrounding landscape and its history, the careful process of carving this poem, from memory no less, is said to have taken Tubbs two weeks over the summer. Though already 300 years old at the time of Tubb’s carving, the tree’s continued growth and development caused the poem to slowly become distorted as the years passed. With the foresight to know this unique poem had little time of legibility left, Henry Osmaston, a geographer in the area, took a rubbing in 1965 for posterity. This rubbing was later recreated, alongside a transcription of the poem, on a stone close to the tree. Though placed in 1994 to commemorate the 150th anniversary of the carving, the stone now stands as a memorial to the lost tree and poem, since the beech collapsed in 2012.  ( 13 min )

Small Shinto shrines aren’t a rare sight in the streets of Japan, typically consisting of a torii arch, an offertory box, and nothing much more. At first glance, Takao Inari Shrine in the Nihonbashi-Hakozakicho district of Tokyo seems like one of such shrines, with no attending priests, no amulets nor fortune slips to be seen, which are otherwise common in places of Shinto worship. Nearly blending into the wall of an office building, the inconspicuous shrine recently underwent refurbishment work and boasts an ultra-modern, almost LEGO-like torii arch made out of a steel frame, as well as a painting of colorful clouds on the ceiling. The small sanctuary in the center is guarded by statuettes of kitsune, foxes serving the god of prosperity, Inari. Takao Inari Shrine is dedicated to a syn…  ( 13 min )

San Pedro de Rocas is a fascinating and historic monastery in Galicia, Spain with a rich history that spans more than a millennium. The structure is a stunning example of ancient monastic architecture and dates back to the 6th century. Situated in a remote forested valley near the town of Esgos, the monastery's founding is shrouded in mystery. According to an inscription on a stone recording the monastery's founding, a group of religious men founded the monastery in 573. The monastery has also been linked to a Spanish knight named Gemodus, who, in the 9th century, is said to have revived the religious center.  Since the 6th century, the monastery has undergone many changes and additions, becoming a vital center of religious and cultural life in the region for many centuries. The monastery is famous for its rock-cut architecture and intricate carvings, which are considered some of the finest examples of Romanesque art in Galicia. One of the most intriguing features of San Pedro de Rocas is the tiny, rock-cut burial niches carved into the walls.  Another highlight is a faded fresco of a world map featuring the apostles. Located in the church, the map depicts the known world in the late 13th century. The fresco has been dated between 1175 and 1200. A unique example of medieval art, the map is said to share similar cosmological views with the maps seen in contemporary medieval manuscripts. The fresco is a remarkable work of art and a testament to the importance of San Pedro de Rocas in medieval Europe. Visitors can explore the site, which includes a church, cloister, and living quarters, as well as a nearby museum that showcases the history and culture of the region. San Pedro de Rocas is a must-visit destination for anyone interested in architecture, history, or religious art.  ( 13 min )

Wonder is everywhere. That’s why, every other week, Atlas Obscura drags you down some of the rabbit holes we encounter as we search for our unusual stories. We highlight surprising finds, great writing, and inspiring stories from some of our favorite publications. The Scientists Coaxing Back Nature with Sound by Katherine Latham, BBC Future Palmyra Atoll, in the middle of the Pacific Ocean, is a quiet place—too quiet. Eight vital species of seabirds disappeared from the island when it was overrun by rats. Now scientists hope to lure the birds back with a continuous soundtrack of familiar bird songs, one of many such efforts to use sound to restore the natural world. "Healthy island ecosystems are deafening," Alex Wegmann, lead scientist for The Nature Conservancy, told BBC Future. …  ( 19 min )

Northern Albanians once lived by their own tribal code according to the Kanun, a set of customary laws established by the Kanun of Leke Dukagjini, a 15th-century nobleman. Among its 1,262 articles, the Kanun permits blood feuds (gjakmarrja), in which a person is entitled to "an eye for an eye" in the form of murder as retribution for killing or dishonoring a family member in the name of justice. It was not uncommon for these feuds to last years, spanning several generations and resulting in the deaths of multiple men—and sometimes even women and children as collateral damage—on both sides. Beyond the Middle Ages, Kanun law persisted in parts of Albania, despite being outlawed by communist dictator Enver Hoxha. To this day, scattered blood feuds reportedly still exist, with some individuals isolating themselves at home in their villages, living in constant fear of eventual retaliation by a family scorned long ago by one of their ancestors.  During feuds, male family members would confine themselves in towers called kullas to give themselves a defensive advantage over the opposing clan. The men would remain here until the ensuing feud was over, that is, until all males who posed a direct threat were killed, or until reconciliation was achieved, possibly with the help of a council of elders. The kulla is located just off the main road in Theth, beyond the lineup of guesthouses. There are no designated opening hours, but locals in one of the neighboring houses will open the tower on request. At the time of writing, the admission fee is 200 leke.  ( 13 min )

Retired welder Bill Rhodes bought an over 200-year-old farmhouse and turned it into a wonderland of metal art. Bill still is currently adding to his creation, there is no number on how many creations are currently at the People Friendly Garden. Feel free to sit, relax, or wander around the People Friendly Garden. All of Bill’s creations are originals. Bill will sell some of his art, but is keen on keeping it all too, because he enjoys every piece he’s created. There is plenty of parking and it even lights up at night, to highlight some of Bill’s art even more.  ( 12 min )

Generally speaking, antique shops around popular tourist attractions are best to approach with caution. Fakes are quite prevalent in those places, poorly made and artificially aged, and not only that, far more expensive than they should be. When it comes to ancient ceramics in Hội An, Vietnam, however, you may rest assured that you're in good hands. Not only are they genuine pieces of 15th-century China, but they also come with an intriguing provenance. Located a little off the bustling streets of Hoi An Ancient Town, Nam Trân is a small family-run shop that offers a wide array of antique ceramics, particularly those recovered from a local shipwreck, which still lies about 25 miles off the coast. Discovered by local fishermen in the early 1990s, the so-called Hoi An Shipwreck is believ…  ( 13 min )

Revered poet Antonio Machado was a member of a group of Spanish writers conventionally known as Generation of ‘98, influenced by the grim social and cultural ramifications of the historical crisis caused by the Spanish defeat in the Spanish-American War of 1898, which changed the shape of the world at large, including the United States of America as we know them. Between 1919 and 1932, a few years before the eruption of the Spanish Civil War, Machado spent time in Segovia as a French teacher while he wrote controversial letters to a mystery lady, or maybe not such a mystery! Most claim that it was always postmodernist poet and playwright Pilar de Valderrama, whom he addressed as “Guiomar.” Today, Segovia’s visitors can explore the curiosities that still inhabit the hostel/apartment Machado rented during those late years. The home is also quintessential of the Castilian lifestyle in provincial towns at the time. It's a multi-sensory experience that combines the traditional smell of old local wood exposed to the seasonal rigors, vintage books (including all Antonio Machado’s works in their original Spanish versions as well as translations into other languages), and reminiscent fabrics, all of it inundated with sunlight coming from every corner of the extremely narrow space.  ( 13 min )

Did the West Antarctic Ice Sheet completely collapse during the latest interglacial period, about 125,000 years ago? It’s an important question for climate scientists, but geology was giving them no answers. So they turned to genetics instead. Enter Turquet’s octopus (Pareledone turqueti), a cephalopod with a four-million-year pedigree that makes its home in the icy waters around Antarctica. Recent DNA analysis shows that two distinct populations of this species, one in the Weddell Sea and the other in the Ross Sea, mated about 125,000 years ago. This could only have happened if the massive ice sheet that now separates those populations wasn’t there at the time. So yes, it did collapse. And that’s bad news, because it increases the likelihood that it will happen again. The Importan…  ( 16 min )

During the 19th century, James Braidwood established what many believe to be the first firefighting brigade in Britain. Because of haphazard and shoddy architectural construction, Edinburgh was prone to constant outbreaks of fires. In 1824, the city fell victim to two such infernos that decimated large portions of the Old Town. Braidwood was appointed by the city council to spearhead what was to become the world's first municipal fire department. At the age of 24, he was already working as a firefighter, driving the engines that were employed to put out fires. He also worked as a surveyor, giving him expertise in building materials and construction that allowed him to incorporate this knowledge into new fire-fighting techniques. In his capacity as a fire chief, he hired men who had experience working in the fields of building manufacturing, as well as mariners. Both professions had an understanding and practicality that could be incorporated into fire-fighting techniques that are still utilized today. Unfortunately, he was killed while fighting a fire in his new home in London. In 2008, a statue was erected in the city of his birth, not far from the site of one of the city's most disastrous fires and home to the first fire station. The monument was created by Glaswegian sculptor, Kenneth Mackay, and a plaque reads: "This statue is dedicated to the memory of James Braidwood, a pioneer of the scientific approach to fire-fighting. It also recognizes the courage and sacrifice of fire-fighters, not only in Lothian & Borders Fire and Rescue Service, but all over the world."  ( 13 min )

Tips and tricks for playing with your sentence subjects Continue reading on The Writing Cooperative »  ( 16 min )

Your education may have set you up for terrible writing, but a change of perspective can set you free.  ( 12 min )

Catachresis: when a phrase is so ferociously wrong it’s right Continue reading on The Writing Cooperative »  ( 14 min )

It rules that twitter ads are now for things that are a felony charge to possess. nitter.net/Pinno_co/status/1667094650061209601#m

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it’s a hard job, working construction in a universe where building materials are called two real things but mashed together so we know we’re in science fiction. but carrying sacks of rockcrete up and down strutless neon ladders in my plastisteel rucksack is its own reward

The first U.S. nationwide geological survey in a generation could reveal badly needed supplies of critical minerals. @NewsfromScience feature: scim.ag/2WV

Facing a scarcity of pollen, bumblebees will nibble on the leaves of flowerless plants, causing intentional damage in a way that speeds up the production of flowers, according to a Science study from 2020. scim.ag/2WT #NationalPollinatorsMonth

In a 3-year genomic selection experiment in the wild involving more than 2000 Dutch great tits, researchers in @ScienceAdvances found that the birds’ reproductive success was not affected by laying eggs early or late in the season. scim.ag/2WM

A new study in Science presents whole-genome data from 233 primate species representing 86% of the primate genera and all 16 families. scim.ag/2WF #PrimateGenomes

New in @ScienceTM: Researchers have identified 15 separate variants in the PSMC3 proteasome gene in 23 patients with neurodevelopmental delay and intellectual disabilities. scim.ag/2Wz

On this week’s #SciencePodcast🎙️, @boron110 takes a look at taking solvents out of #chemistry with @JakeYeston and Yerzhan Zholdassov. scim.ag/2Wx

"Navigating academia as a young mother is hard, but it's also rewarding." #ScienceWorkingLife, a #PhD student wrote that her daughters have benefited from her pursuit of higher education. scim.ag/2Ws @ScienceCareers

1/7 📢 Exciting news! we are thrilled to share a study from @AmniotaLab and @Canta_Lab just published in @ScienceMagazine, revealing the abundance decline of African megafauna 🌍🐘🦏 science.org/doi/10.1126/scie…  ( 1 min )

A new Science study presents a method for #3Dprinting nanoscale optical-grade glass at 650°C—roughly 500°C lower than the sinter temperatures needed by other methods. scim.ag/2Wq

A new @SciImmunology study involving human skin samples presents a spatial atlas of immune cells during psoriasis and health. scim.ag/2Wn

Researchers in @ScienceAdvances have mapped the geological features underlying Thwaites Glacier to help improve predictions of ice flow contributing to the retreat of the West Antarctic Ice Sheet and related sea level rise. scim.ag/2Wj

"There is an important role that academics can play in shaping and evaluating these reforms." #SciencePolicyForum discusses the Biden administration's plans to modernize regulatory oversight with an eye toward equity. scim.ag/2Wh

Recipients Luis Antonio Benítez, Carolina Cuesta-Lazaro, and Fernando Romero López receive support for their scientific research.  ( 6 min )

NEW: 49ers Enterprises agree deal for full takeover of Leeds United from Andrea Radrizzani. Announcement by club expected shortly. #LUFC  ( 1 min )

More on Ian Graham’s influence at #LFC by @ground_guru from late last year trainingground.guru/articles…

.@PaulMuzza7 has returned to @OfficialOAFC as Academy Manager. trainingground.guru/articles…

Interesting: total minutes played by English footballers before age of 20, from @FIFPRO report nitter.net/PFA/status/1666795681128824833#m

Thomas Lumley just dropped a blog post, Blank cheque inheritance and statistical objects, which begins as follows. One of the problems with object-oriented programming for statistical methods is that inheritance is backwards. Everything is fine for data structures, and Bioconductor … Continue reading →  ( 11 min )

Palko, from 2013 on “the rhetorical deception I [Palko] call the cigarettes and cocaine argument”: “We just don’t have the money for you to keep smoking. Do you realize that between your smoking and my cocaine habit we’re spending more … Continue reading →  ( 13 min )

Thomas Lumley just dropped a blog post, Blank cheque inheritance and statistical objects, which begins as follows. One of the problems with object-oriented programming for statistical methods is that inheritance is backwards. Everything is fine for data structures, and Bioconductor … Continue reading → Continue reading: R and OOP anti-patterns  ( 12 min )

Best practices for a robust and maintainable shiny app, a hand on workshop on 21/06. Do you know how to build a basic Shiny web application, but would you like to bring your Shiny development to the next level? Learn from professional experts how to... Continue reading: ‘Advanced Shiny Development’ the hands-on workshop  ( 9 min )

Some History Continue reading: Kakhovka Dam Disaster  ( 45 min )

DFL leadership fumbled a real opportunity to finally do something about the continuing threat copper-nickel sulfide mining poses to our clean water.  ( 10 min )

Plus: Suspect charged in mosque vandalism; Uptown Theater returns with live music; MN Department of Education target of cyber-security attack; and more.  ( 7 min )

City staff concluded a municipal sidewalk-shoveling program that would only cover certain streets would cost $27 million its first year alone, enough to gobble up all the new money next year’s already-budgeted property tax levy increase would generate.  ( 19 min )

If it’s prudent to test the cognitive competence of candidates beseeching those casting ballots to support them, why not extend that probing to the voters themselves.  ( 16 min )

In a Thursday Senate hearing, U.S. Surgeon General Vivek Murthy calls youth mental health crisis the 'defining public health issue of our time.'  ( 11 min )

Plus: GOP right-wing revolt freezes all legislation in the House

Despite losing one company on the list this year, Minnesota still has a disproportionately large number of Fortune 500s.

This bold salty-sweet-sour-spicy Mexican sauce has roots in Asia, and is delicious on fresh raw fruit or paired with Tajín in an icy chamoyada or mangonada. Making it at home is easy: just simmer, blend, and then adjust to taste and for consistency.  ( 15 min )

Dry-brined in a mixture of salt and baking soda then tossed in a balanced spice blend that packs subtle heat, this Cajun shrimp is tender, juicy, and packed full of flavor.  ( 16 min )

It adds subtle, nuanced smoke to your cocktails (or food) and features an adjustable fan and a sturdy base.  ( 11 min )